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HISTORY 


OF     THE 


FIRST    PRESBYTERIAN 

CHURCH 
OF   BELLEFONTAINE,  OHIO. 

AND 

ADDRESSES     DELIVERED 

AT    THE     CELEBRATION    OF    THE 

THIRTY-FIFTH     ANNIVERSARY 

OF    THE    PASTORATE    OF    THE 

Reverend  George  L.  Kalb,  D.  D. 


1900 

PRESS   OF 

THE    INDEX   PRINTING   &   PUBLISHING   CO. 

BELLEFONTAINE 


Ill  PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    HISTORY. 


"  Still  may  the  call  to  praise  and  prayer 
Be  heard  each  Sunday  morn, 
And  bind  in  growing  faith  the  past 
With  ages  yet  unborn." 


PRESBYTEPIAN   CHURCH   HISTORY.  IV 


PREFACE 


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This  work  has  been  prepared  and  published  under  authority 
j^iven  b}'  the  congregation  at  meetings  held  in  the  lecture  room 
of  the  church,  September  5  and  12,  1898. 

This  does  not  pretend  to  be  a  perfect  book.  No  history  ever 
was  written  without  mistakes  and  this  by  reason  of  its  mode  of 
compilation  probably  has  many  more  than  is  necessary. 

Whatever  errors  or  notable  omissions  are  discovered  should  be 
reported  and  in  due  time  they  shall  be  corrected  or  supplied. 

Various  persons  have  furnished  valuable  material  and  help 
and  it  would  be  almost  impossible  to  give  each  and  every  one 
proper  credit.  So  only  those  are  mentioned  who  contributed 
special  papers. 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


CONTENTS.  VI 


CONTENTS 


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GENERAL. 

Page 

Synods  and  Presbyteries 1 

Pastors 2 

Elders 3 

Officers,  Deacons,  Trustees,  Clerks,  Auditors,  Deaconesses, 4 

Early  Missionaries 8 

First  Presbyterian  Church  ot  Bellefontaine 14 

Abstract  of  Yearly  Reports 24 

I^ist  of  the  Books  of  Record 26 

Seating  of  the  Church— 18:^9-1836 .' 27 

Contributors  to  this  Church— 1825-1842 28 

BIOGRAPHICAL 

Our  Pastors — Reverends  Joseph  Stevenson,  33;  Robert  H.  Hollyday,  D.  D.  35; 
Geo.  A.  Gregg,  37:  Edwin  B.  RafFensperger,  D.  D.,  38;  Geo.  P.  Bergen,  41; 
Geo.  Iv.  Kalb,  D.  D.,  41;  Geo.  E   Davies,  49. 

The  Elders— Joshua  Robb,  50;  J.  W.  Marquis,  51;  Rob't  Patterson,  51;  Thos. 
Marquis.  52;  John  McCracken,  52;  James  Kerr,  53;  David  Patterson,  53; 
Abraham  Boyd,  54;  John  Paris,  55;  James  D.  Campbell,  55;  Ezra  Bennett, 
56;  Thos.  M.  Stevenson,  57:  Rob't  Henderson,  58;  Wm.  G.  Kennedy,  58;  Dr. 
S.  W.  Fuller,  59;  Wm.  McCulloch,  61;  Josiah  Moore,  61;  J  A.  Mcllvaine,  62; 
Geo.  A  Henry,  63;  J.  Q.  A.  Campbell,  63;  Dr.  J.  P.  Wallace,  64;  Joseph 
Stevenson,  65;  J.  Duncan  Mclyaughlin,  66;  G.  M.  Stevenson,  67;  John  E. 
West,  67:  S.  A  Buchanan,  68;  J.  W.  Weaver,  69;  Jas.  Albert  McMillen,  70; 
Reuben  B.  Keller,  70. 

Children  of  the  Church,  Ministers  and  Missionaries— Rev.  Paul  D. 
Bergen,  72;  Rev.  E  I,.  Combs  73;  Rev.  John  W.  B.  Combs,  74;  Rev.  S.  C. 
Paris,  74;  Mattie  Byers  Fehl.  75;  I^ula  Frey,  76;  l,ucretia  P.  Fulton,  77;  Alice 
M  Irwin  Ghormley,  78;  Rev.  Joseph  Grabiel,  79;  Rev.  Virgil  L,.  Grabiel,  80; 
Rev.  Jas.  B.  McCracken,  81;  Rev.  John  Marquis,  82;  Rev.  G.  A.  Pollock,  D. 
D.,  82;  Rev.  Rob't  P.  Shaw,  84;  Rev.  Jno.  M.  Stevenson,  D.  D.,  85;  Rev.  Jos.  H. 
Stevenson,  D.  D.,  87;  Rev  Jas.  E.  vStevenson,  88;  Rev.  R.  Scott  Stevenson,  88; 
Mary  E.  Stevenson.  89;  Susanna  Stevenson,  90;  Jennie  Stevenson  Koons,  90; 
Ivucinda  A.  Stevenson  91;  Emma  Silver,  91;  Josie  Silver,  91;  Dora  Martin 
Taylor,  91;  Martha  R.  Wylie,  92 

Officers  of  the  Sunday  school:— Superintendents  Dr.  Abraham  Fulton, 
96;  Rev.  Jo.seph  Shaw,  96;  R.  H.  St.  John,  98;  Philo  Dorwin,  98;  Eben  Durkee, 
99:  David  J.  Miller,  99:  Geo.  P   Stevenson,  100. 

SOCIETIES 

Christian  Endeavor,  101;  Junior  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor,  103. 

Missionary  Societies,  104;  The  Missionary  Society,  104;  The  Woman's  Mis- 
sionary Society,  104;  Young  readies'  Missionary  Society,  107;  The  Mission 
Band,  108. 

lyADiES'  Aid  Societies,  109;  The  Female  Benevolent  Association,  109;  The 
Mite  Society,  109;  The  Presbyterian  Church  Social,  111. 

Temporary  Supplies  and  Evangelists:— Rev.  Wm.  H.  Babbitt,  113;  Rev. 
W.  A.  Bodell,  113. 


Vll  PRKSBVTKRIAN    CHURCH    HISTORY. 

General,  llri:— The  Stevenson  Prayer  Meeting.  115;  Rev.  Thos.  Marquis,  118; 
Sarah  Marqui.s  Stevenson,  120;  Buildings  u.sed  for  services  prior  to  1829,  12U; 
The  Building  ot  the  First  church  edifice,  121;  Joining  out  the  Singing,  121; 
Residences  of  the  Pastors,  121;  From  Columbus  Presbytery  Records,  122. 

Our  Presbyterian  Neighbors: — Pre.sbyterian  Churches  of  I^ogan  county, 
124;  Statistics  of  same,  126;  Mack-a-cheek,  130;  Huntsville,  (Cherokee.)  131; 
Spring  Hill,  (Stonv  Creek,)  136;  IvOgansville,  137;  Pleasant  Valley,  138; 
Second  church  of  Bellefontaine,  138;  New  Richland,  139;  West  L,iberty,  139; 
Richland  of  Stokes,  141;  Zanesfield,  141;  DeGraff.  144;  Bellecenter,  146;  Par- 
ish, 147;  Rushsylvania,  148;  East  I,iberty,  1.50;  Ridgeway,  151. 

CELEBRATION    OF   THE    THIRTY-FIFTH   ANNI 
VEHSARY    OF   DR.    KALE'S    PASTORATE 

Program,  132;  Addresses: — The  Founders  of  the  Church  and  Their  Descend- 
ants, 1.52;  The  Pastors  of  the  Church,  1.54;  The  Children  of  the  Church  in 
the  Ministry  and  Mission  Field,  160;  The  Sunday  School,  162;  Our  Temples 
of  Worship,  165:  The  Work  and  Influence  of  the  Church  in  the  Com- 
munity, 167:  The  Singers  in  Israel,  168;  Our  Pa.stor,  His  Work  and  His 
Influence,  171;  Our  Pastor's  Wife,  174;  L,etter  from  Rev.  R.  H.  Hollyday, 
D.  D.,  175;   Aunt  Ped  and  Uncle  Joe,  177. 

REGISTER    OF    MEMBERS 

Alphabetical,  180—278 

Genealogy— Faris  family,  203;  Gunn  family,  208;  Kerr  family,  221;  McL,aughlin 
family,  231;  Marquis  family,  236;  Nevrell  familj-,  246;  Robb  family,  255; 
Stevenson  family,  261. 

INDEX 

Index  to  names  of  persons  mentioned  herein,  except  those  in  the  alphabetical 
roll  of  members,  278. 

ILLUSTRATIONS 

Buildings   Erected    by  Page 

This  Church:  Campb-11,  Chas  U  and  family....   191 

Pag^        Campbell,  Mrs  Chas  D   191 

Building  of  1828 v        Campbell,  Edward  K 191 

Building  of  1845 18        Campbell,  Harold  F 191 

Building  of  1870 I        Campbell,  Hattie 191 

Buildings  in  which  .services   were  Campbell,  James  D 55 

■held  prior  to  1828:  First  L,ogan  Campbell,  J  Q  A 63 

County  Court  House,  1822 viii        Campbell,  L,ois 191 

Residence  of  Rob't  Patterson  1825. .  viii        Campbell,  Marie  E 191 


Pastors,  Officers,  Members,  etc  : 


Combs,  Rev  EL, 73 

Davies,  Rev  Geo  E 48 

Page        Davies,  Mabelle  A 49 

Alexander,  Rev  J  E  and  family. . .   149        Dean,  J  W 157 

Alexander,  Mrs  J  E 149       Dean,  Elizabeth 157 

Alexander,  Master 149        Dickinson,  Emily  F 198 

Bartholomew,  Geo  W 184        Dickinson,  Ellen 199 

Bennett,  Judge  Ezra 56        Dickinson.  Jo.shua  M 199 

Bergen,  Rev  Geo  P 41        Doolittle,  Rev  Geo  C 103 

Bergen,  Mrs  Geo  P 41        Douglas,  Josie  Silver 91 

Bergen,  Rev  Paul  D 72        Elliott,  A.sa  C.  and  family 201 

Blessing  I^e  Roy 186        Elliott,  Jennie 201 

Bodell,  Rev  WA 114        Elliott.  I^ucille 201 

Boyd,  Abraham .54        Emery,  Peter  H 203 

Boyd,  Mrs  Abraham 186        Faris,"Rev  Salmon  C 75 

Buchanan ,  Samuel  A 69        Faris,  Wm 55 

Byers.  James 189       Faris,  Wm  D 204 

Byers,  Mary 190        Fehl,  Mattie  Byers 76 


CONTENTS. 


VI 11 


Page 

Frey,  L,ula 77 

Fuller,  Dr  S  W 60 

Fulton.  Dr  Abraham 96 

Fulton,  lyUcretia  P 77 

Ghormlev,  Alice  Irwin 78 

Ghormley,  Rev  D  O,  D  D 134 

Gillmore,  Mrs  Wm 207 

Grabiel,  Rev  J  G. 79 

Grabiel,  Rev  V  I^ 80 

Henrv,  Geo  A 63 

Hollvday,  Rev  R  H,  D  D 35 

Hollyday,  Mrs  R  H 37 

Hover,  Margaret 135 

Hover,  Samuel 135 

Humphrey.  Catherine 214 

Jamison    Elizabeth 215 

Jamison,  James 215 

Kalb,  Albert  and  family 216 

Kalb,  Anna  (Stevenson) 216 

Kalb,  Rev  Geo  I^,  D  D 41 

Kalb,  Mary  E 45 

Keller,  Anna  Tavlor 216 

Keller,  Reuben  B 69 

Kennedv,  Frank 218 

Kennedy,  John   R 220 

Kennedy,  Mary  E 218 

Kennedv,  Wm  G 59 

Kerr,   family 219 

Kerr,  Geo 222 

Kerr.  David  N 219 

Kerr,   Jennie 219 

Kerr,  John  C 219 

Kerr,  Joseph  M 219 

Kerr,  Katherine 219 

Kerr,  Margaret  A 219 

Kerr,  Martha  A 222 

Kerr.  Morrison 223 

Kerr,  Patterson  Ray . .   219 

Kerr,  Robert  S 224 

Kerr,  Thomas  L, 219 

Koons,  Jennie  Stevenson 90 

Kumler,  Rev  F  M 145 

lyane,  Capt  Wm 226 

McColloch,  Wm 61 

McCormick,  Jane  M 229 

McCormick,  Matthew  H 229 

McCormick,  Mary  E 22S 

McCracken,  Rev  J  B 81 

Mcllvaine,  Jno  A 62 

McL,aughlin,  James  B 231 

Mcl,aughlin,  Judge  J  D 66 

McL,augh]in,  Margaret 232 

McMilien,  J  Albert 70 

Marquis,  Rey  John 82 

Marquis,  Margaret 238 

Marquis,  I^t  Gov  Wm  Vance 239 

Miller,  David  J 190 

Mitchell,  Alice.  M  D 105 

Mitchell,  Maria  Stevenson 242 

Moore,  Elizabeth ^2 

Moore,  Josiah 62 

Nelson,  John  Marquis 245 

Odor,  James  A 248 

Odor,  Margaret  M 248 

Odor,  Thos  J 249 


Page 

Patterson,  David 53 

Patterson,  Eleanor . . .  * 250 

Patterson,  Edward 250 

Patterson,  Elizabeth  P 251 

Patterson,  Robert 51 

Patterson,  Robert 252 

Patterson,  Mrs.  Robert 250 

Pollock,  Rev.  Garnet  A.,  D  D 83 

Raffensperger,  Rev  E  B 20 

Raffensperger,  Rev  E  B,  D  D 38 

Raffensperger,  Mrs  E  B 40 

Robb,  Joshua 50 

SchaefTer,  Ida  St  John 266 

vShaw,  Rev  Joseph 97 

Shaw,  Naomi 267 

Shaw,  Rev.  Robe rt  P 84 

Silver,  Emma 91 

Silver,  Josie  (Douglas) 91 

.  Smith,  Rev  Luther 143 

Stevenson,  Geo  Pogue 26i 

Stevenson,  David  M 261 

Stevenson,  Mrs  David  M .^263 

Stevenson,  Gilbert  M 67 

Stevenson,  Mrs  Gilbert  M 263 

Stevenson,  Hannah 264 

Stevenson,  Jennie  Koons 90 

Stevenson,  James  E 264  ' 

Stevenson,  Rev  James  Edward..  .     88 
Stevenson,  Rev  John  McM,  D  D..     85 

vStevenson,  Rev  Joseph 33 

Stevenson,  Rev  Joseph  H.,  D  D. .  .     87 

Stevenson,  Joseph 66 

Stevenson,  Margaret  Kerr 219 

Stevenson,  Margaret  Ann  265 

Stevenson,  Mary  E 89 

Stevenson,  Rev  Robt  Scott 88 

Steven  son ,  Sarah 34 

Stevenson,  Thos  Marquis 57 

Stevenson,  Mrs  Thos  Marquis 265 

St    John,  R  H 98 

Tavlor.  Dora  Martin 91 

Tedford,  Rev  Chas  E 133 

Tucker    Elizabeth 101 

Wallace,  J  P.,  M  D 65 

Wallace,  Mrs  N  A 269 

Weaver,  Joseph 69 

West,  John  E 68 

West,  Judge  Wm  H 270 

Whitehead,  Mrs  Rebecca 270 

Wilson,  Joseph 136 

Wylie,  Martha  R 92 

Presbyterian  Church    Buildings 
In  IvOGan  County: 

Page 

Bellecenter 147 

Bellefontaine  built  in  1828 v 

Belief ontaine  built  in  1845 18 

Bellefontaine  built  in  1870 i 

Cherokee  built  in  1825 133 

DeGraff.: 144 

Huntsville 131 

Rushsvlvania. 148 

West  tiberty 140 

Zanesfield 142 


IX 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY 


PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH       (ERECTED    IS2S) 


Synods  and  presbyteries. 


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"We  must  remember  how  small  a  proportion  the  good  or  evil  effected  by 
any  one  person  can  bear  to  the  good  or  evil  of  a  great  system  " — Mac  aula  Y. 


The  Synods  and  Presbyteries  that  have  governed  this  church 
were  organized,  or  made  to  embrace  Belief  on  taine,  in  the  years 
given : — 

Ohio  Synod  in  1814. 
Cincinnati  Synod,   1829. 
Toledo  Synod  in  1870. 
Ohio  Synod,  again,  in  1882. 

Columbus  Presbytery  in  1821. 
Miami  Presbytery  in  1829. 
Sidney  Presbytery  in  1838. 
Bellefontaine  Presbytery  in  1870. 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 


Pastors  of  this  Church. 

The  beneficent  influence  of  their  lives  and  character  will  never  cease. 


Some  of  the  following  were  supplies  a  portion  of  the  time: — 

Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson,  from  1825  to  Oct.  i,  1844. 

Rev.  Robert  H.  Hollyday,  (Asst.)  Nov.  i,  1840,  to  May  i, 
1841. 

Rev.  George  A.  Gregg,  from  Oct.  i,  1844,  to  Jan.  18,  1854. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Raffensperger,  from  Oct.  22,  1854,  to  April  13,  1859. 

Rev.  George  P.  Bergen,  from  Aug.  22,  1859,  to  June  2,   1863. 

Rev.  George  L.  Kalb,  D.  D.,  from  Aug.  31,  1863,  to  Oct.  2, 
1898. 

Rev.  George  L.  Kalb,  D.  D.  (Supply  and  Pastor  Emeritus)  from 
Oct.  I,  1898,  to 

Rev.  George  E.  Davies,  pastor,  Mar.  i,  1899,  to 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Officers  of  this  Church, 

AND  YEARS  THEY  SERVED. 

TREASURERS. 

Robert  Patterson,  1825-33,  1836-42. 
John  Marquis  1834-5. 
Wm.  Kerr,  1842-45. 
Ezra  Bennett,  1846. 

In  1847  a  Board  of  Deacons  was  elected  who  took  charge  of 
the  finances. 

DEACONS. 

James  E.  Stevenson  elected  June  10,  1847,  until  moved  to  Mis- 
souri, May  II,  1878. 

William  Kerr,  elected  June  10,  1847,  until  moved  away. 

"William  G.  Kennedy,  dismissed  November  26,  1857,  and  elect- 
ed elder. 

Thomas  L.  May,  dismissed  June  20,  1859. 

Robert  Huston,  dismissed  January  30,  1878,  when  he  moved 
to  Nebraska, 

David  J.  Miller,  ordained  November  26,  1857,  dismissed  Sep- 
tember 30,  187 1,  to  Indiana. 

Ebbe  Durkee  elected  November  26,  1857,  ceased  to  act  in  1869. 
■  J.  Duncan  McLaughlin,  elected  June  12,  1869.  July  11,  1886, 
elected  elder. 

A  Board  of  Deacons  was  elected  June  10,  1847,  taking  the 
place  of  the  trustees. 

TRUSTEES. 

Moses  Marquis,  1834-35. 

Charles  Porter,  1834-36. 

T.  M.  Stevenson,  1834-44-45-46. 

John  Marquis,  Jr.,   1835. 

William  Cook,  1835. 

Josiah  Moore,  1836-38-39. 

Bezaleel  Comely,  1836-37. 


TRUSTEES.  5 

Henry  Miller,  1837-42, 

William  Kerr,  1837-38-39-40-41-42-43-44.  . 

John  Faris,  1838-39-40-41. 

J,  D.  Campbell,  1840-41. 

A.  Boyd,  1842. 

Samuel  Newell,  1843. 

James  Byers,  1843-44. 

William  Morrison,  1845. 

James  Walker,  1845-46. 

Joseph  Stevenson,  1846. 

June  5,  1847,  the  office  of  trustee  ceased  to  exist,  and  June  10, 
1847,  a  Board  of  Deacons  was  elected. 

September  9,  1871,  a  board  of  five  trustees  was  elected  to 
whom  were  committed  the  financial  affairs  of  the  church,  so  far 
as  relates  to  the  raising  and  disbursing  of  funds,  for  the  payment 
of  minister's  salary,  and  the  ordinary  expenses  of  the  church. 

J.  M.  Riddle,  1871-77-78. 

J.  D.  McLaughlin,  187 1-80-8 1-82-83-84-85-86. 

Morrison  Kerr,  1871. 

Edward  Patterson,  1871. 

J.  Q.  A.  Campbell,  1871-85-86-87. 

S.  J.  Adams,  1872-73-75-76. 

R.  E.  Patterson,  1872-73.  '        ,  ' 

J.  W.  Byers,  1872-73. 

D.  M.  Stevenson,  1872-73-74-75. 

R.  H.  Stjohn,  1872. 

John  Fichthorn,  1872-74-75, 

C.  H,  Hawley,   1873-74. 

C.  McLaughlin,  1873-74-77-78. 
J.  D.  Smith,  1873. 

S.  W.  Goe,   1874-75. 
W.  L.  Nelson,  1874-75. 
John.  M.  McCracken,  1875-76. 
John  M.  Galbreath,   1875-76. 

D.  J.  Miller,  1875-76-77. 

E.  J.  Howenstine,  1876-77-84-85. 

William   McElree,    1876-77-80-81-82-83-84-85-86. 

J.  D.  Niven,  1877-78. 

G.  M.  Stevenson,  1878-79. 

Dr.  J.  P.  Wallace,  1878-79. 

James  Emery,  1878-79. 


tRESBYTfiRIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


R.  S.  Kerr.  1880-81-82-83-84-85-86-87-88-89. 

J.  R.  Hamilton,  1882-83-98-99. 

R.  P.  McColloch,  1882-83-84-85-86-87. 

J.  A.  Odor,   1880-81-82-83. 

L.  A.  Howard,  1884-85. 

D.  J.  Miller,  1880-81. 

J.  R.  Kennedy,   1880-81. 

T.  S.  Brown,  1886-87-88-89. 

G.  W.  Emerson,  1887-88. 

A.  R.  Harner,  1887-8S-90-91. 

J.  E.  West,   1887-88. 

Ed.  W.  Patterson,  1888-89-90-91-99. 

J.  W.  Weaver,  1890-91. 

Charles  Campbell,  1891-92. 

Dr.  J.  H.  Wilson,  1891-92. 

John  Kennedy,  Jr.,  1891-92. 

Wm.  McKee,  1892-93-94-95-96-97, 

W.  W.  Riddle,  1892-93-94-95-96-97, 

H.  S.  Kerr,  1892-93-94-95-96-97-98-99, 

A.  Jay  Miller,  1895-96-97-98-99. 

William  R.  Niven,  1895-96-97-98-99, 

S.  A.  McColloch,  1891. 

Jno.  M.  Hamilton,  1895-96  97-98-99. 

Chas,  R.  Harner,  1899. 

T.  F.  Bushey,  1899. 

Mack  Dickinson,   1899. 

Dr,  A.  E.  Griffin,  1899. 

G.  W.  Bartholomew,  1899. 


CLERKS    OF   CONGREGATION. 

John  Hemphill,  1828. 
Ralph  Moore,  1828. 

James  D.  Campbell,  1834-35-36-37-41-42-43. 
D.  Patterson,  1838-39-40. 

Josiah  Moore,  1844-45-46-47-48-49,  probably  1850-51-52-53-54-55- 
56-57. 

William  McColloch.  1858-59-60-62. 
Philander  Jones,  1863-64-65-66-67-68-69, 
J.  Q.  A.  Campbell,  1870-71-74-75-76-77. 
R.  E.  Patterson,  1872. 
John  Fichthorn,  1873. 


AUDITORS   AND   DEACONESSES. 


J.  McD.  McCracken,  1878-79. 
J.  A.  Odor,  1880-81-82-83-1896-97. 
James  B.  Niven,  1883-85-86-87-88-89. 
M.  H.  McCormick,  1890-91-92-93-94-95. 
A.  Jay  Miller,  1898-99. 

AUDITORS. 

Joseph  Clark,  1834. 

Stephen  Giffin,  1835. 

David  Patterson,  1836-37. 

J.  C.  McKee,  1838. 

James  D.  Campbell,  1839-40-41. 

John  Faris,   1843-44. 

James  Kerr,  Jr.,   1845. 

J.  B.  Stevenson,  1846. 

DEACONESSES. 

"The  church  is  an  institution  which  stands  for  altruism;  it  lives  for  otheis 
That  is  taught  in  the  life  of  its  Divine  Founder." — Ely. 

Committee  to  look  out  for  the  needy  of  the  church.  They  re- 
ported to  the  deacons  so  long  as  there  were  any.  Since  then  they 
have  reported  to  the  session. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Riddle  was  appointed  December  i,  1877,  and 
has  continued  to  serve  ever  since. 

Mrs.  Nancy  Wilson  was  appointed  December  i,  1877,  and 
served  until  about  1892,  when  she  declined  on  account  of  age. 

Mrs.  Sarah  McCracken  was  appointed  December  i,  1877, 
and  served  until  her  removal  to  Oregon,  October  25,  1891. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Alexander  was  appointed  in  1891,  and  served  until 
her  death  in  1898. 

Mrs.  Margaret  Chalfant  was  appointed  in  1892. 

Mrs.  Calvina  McLaughlin  was  appointed  April  3,  1898. 

The  last  two  are  still  serving  with  Mrs.  Riddle. 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


THE    EARLY    MISSIONARIES 

OF  THIS    SECTION. 

"The  essence  of  heroic  life  is  the  apprehension  by 
any  man  of  the  idea  of  a  cause  and  the  abandonment  of 
his  life  to  that  idea." 


CHE  earliest  missionaries  and  itinerant  preachers,  with  that  in- 
tense loyalty  to  their  faith  and  to  humanity  which  has 
characterized  the  Jesuit  and  other  religious  teachers  of  all 
time,  came  to  this  section  to  tell  the  Indians  of  the  true  God. 
Wherever  a  few  white  men  gathered  the  missionary  soon  found 
them. 

Their  services  were  generally  attended  by  all,  regardless  of  de- 
nomination or  belief.  The  intensity  of  such  worship  of  God  was 
increased  by  the  effect  of  the  great  forests  and  constant  dangers. 

Among  the  first  positively  known  to  us  to  have  visited  the 
earliest  settlements  of  this  section,  which  were  located  south  of 
here,  was  the  Rev.  Archibald  Steel,  who  was  commissioned  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Transylvania  in  the  Springs  of  1797  and  1799*  as 
a  missionary  to  the  western  Ohio  settlements.  A  part  of  his' mis- 
sion was  to  make  a  list  of  the  Presbyterians,  and  settlements  wanting 
to  establish  churches. 

After  that  a  corps  of  itinerant  missionary  preachers  constant- 
ly traveled  through  the  Miami  Valley  settlements.  It  is  very  dif- 
ficult to  get  their  names  and  their  reports.  The  official  reports 
were  destroyed  by  the  burning  of  the  records  of  the  General  As- 
sembly in  Philadelphia  in  1835.  The  unique  record  of  these  noble 
men,  their  enthusiasm,  their  courage,  their  wonderful  devotion  to 
the  cause  of  religion  and  humanity,  has  never  been  adequately 
presented  in  print. 

The  whole  of  the  western  society,  its  law  and  order,  its  moral- 
ity and  character,  and  all  that  goes  to  make  up  the  superiority  of 


*The  Rev.  James  Kemper  was  commissioned  by  the  Presbytery  of  Tran- 
sylvania to  supply  the  settlements  on  the  Miami  in  1791,  and  the  Rev.  David 
Rice  in  1792,  but  there  were  no  white  settlers  here  then. 


THK  EARLY  MISSIONARIES. 


a  christian  community,  were  greatly  influenced  by  the  spirit  and 
teaching  of  these  unselfish  men. 

Following,  is  a  brief  mention  of  the  most  active  Presb3'terian 
missionaries  and  ministers  in  this  section  prior  to  the  permanent 
settlement  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  in  Bellefontaine,  who  at 
once  became  the  head  of  all  Presbyterian  activity,  not  only  here, 
but  for  the  five  adjoining  counties,  and  continued  his  gracious  and 
potent  influence  here  until  his  death: 

Prior  to  1806  no  regular  Presbyterian  church  was  established 
or  resident  minister  settled  in  or  near  the  Mad  River  Valley. 
That  year  the  Rev.  Samuel  Woods  located  permanently  at  North 
Liberties,  on  the  Dai  by,  where  he  held  regular  services,  and  from 
whence  he  visited  the  settlements  near  West  Liberty.  The  follow- 
ing year  the  Rev.  John  Woods  located  permanently  at  Buck  Creek. 

In  181 1,  Robert  and  John  Smith,  brothers,  of  a  prominent 
Presbyterian  family  of  Greenbrier  county,  Virginia,  built  a 
mill  and  settled  on  the  Mack-a-Cheek,  in  the  vicinity  of  which 
a  large  number  of  Presbyterians,  from  Kentucky,  afterwards  set- 
tled. Robert  Smith  had  been  an  elder  of  his  church  in  Virginia. 
The  brothers  and  their  neighbors  organized  a  church.  Mr.  Gillet, 
the  historian  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  mentions  this  organiza- 
tion, and  it  was  reported  to  the  General  Assembly  in  1814.  Many 
early  settlers  in  and  north  of  Urbana,  and  as  far  north  as  McCoys, 
who  settled  before  1810  near  Rush  Creek  Lake,  attended  this 
church. 

The  establishment  of  the  '"Muddy  Run,"  or  Christian  church, 
in  1814  and  the  great  wave  of  "New  Lightism"  that  swept  over 
Kentucky  and  Ohio,  apparently,  so  crippled  the  Mack-a-Cheek 
church  that  it  ceased  to  attempt  to  maintain  a  formal  organization, 
but  meetings  continued  to  be  held  at  Robert  Smith's  mill  until 
long  after  Mr.  Stevenson  came. 

Among  the  early  Presbyterian  preachers  mentioned  as  preach- 
ing there,  are  Rev.  William  Robinson  and  Rev.  Arthur  M.  Pogue. 
We  have  evidence  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis  and  Rev.  Joseph 
Stevenson  having  repeatedly  been  here;  sometimes  together,  as  in 
1817.  Once  the  latter,  in  company  with  Rev.  John  McMillen  and 
Elisha  McCurdy,  passed  through  here  to  the  Mauniee  Mission,  un- 
der orders  of  the  Synod  of  Pittsburg.  They  were  guided  by  a  mail 
carrier  named  Joseph  Gordon. 

Anderson,  Rev.  John,  was  born  in  North  Carolina  in  1767, 
licensed  in  1791,  ordained  as   evangelist   and   itinerant  preacher. 


lO  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

He  made  several  tours  among  the  Wyandots  and  other  Indians,  ac- 
companied by  Rev.  Elisha  McCurdy  on  frequent  trips.  From  1796 
to  1844  he  was  an  active  promoter  of  Missionary  work  in  Ohio. 

Backets,  Rev.  Wii^bur,  born  in  Richmond,  Mass.,  1788,  grad- 
uated at  Princeton,  licensed  in  Spring  of  1816,  immediately 
proceeded  on  a  mission  to  Ohio.  Preached  as  a  missionary,  was 
located  at  Dayton  as  supply,  pastor,  etc.,  and  died  there  in  1818, 
aged  29.     A  superior  man. 

Badger,  Rev.  Joseph,  born  in  Wilbraham,  Mass.,  1757,  grad- 
uated at  Yale  College,  1783,  licensed,  and  came  to  Ohio  as  a  mis- 
sionary in  1800.  By  request  of  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio  he,  with 
the  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Hughes,  investigated  and  reported  on  the  ex- 
pediency of  establishing  various  missions.  He  died  in  1846,  aged 
89. 

Burgess,  Rev.  Dyer,  was  received  at  Springfield  early.  He 
labored  after  181 7  at  Troy,  Piqua  and  West  Union. 

C1.ARK,  Rev.  Thomas  B.,  born  January  28,  1779,  educated 
with  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  under  Rev.  Thomas  E.  Hughes,  li- 
censed in  1809  He  supplied  vacancies,  helped  pastors  and  organiz- 
ed new  churches.  Was  pastor  of  Cherokee  Run  church  in  1830, 
organized  the  "Church  of  the  Miami"  at  Bellecenter  in  February, 
1835.  He  married  first  Nancy  Sample,  second  Martha  Wiley  and 
third  Frances  Stilwell.  He  died  near  Bellecenter  January  13,  1853, 
aged  73.     Mrs.  Frances  died  January  21,  1847,  aged  67. 

CoE,  Rev.  Tames,  licensed  by  the  Redstone  Presbytery,  was 
at  Brush  Creek,  Piqua,  Dicks  Creek  and  various  places  in  this  vi- 
cinity. He  preached  repeatedly  in  Bellefontaine  and  as  early  as 
1-823,  and  is  remembered  by  Mrs.  William  G.  Kennedy,  whose  fath- 
er, Robert  Patterson,  entertained  him  when  here  later. 

Dickey,  Rev.  Wii.i,iam,  1822-4,  organized  churches  and 
preached  where  needed  in  this  section.  Pastor  at  Bloomingburg, 
Ohio,  till  his  death  in  the  fifties,  aged  86. 

Dobbins,  Rev.  Robert  B.,  pastor  at  Red  Oak,  Ohio,  1812. 
With  Rev.  James  Robinson  in  1824,  organized  the  Church  of  Lo- 
gan, at  Cherokee  Run,  of  which  the  early  Bellefontaine  Presby- 
terians were  members.  He  also  preached  at  the  Court  House  and 
at  the  house  of  Robert  Patterson. 

Dow,  Rev  Lorenzo,  was  an  independant  itinerant  minister 
formerly  of  the  Congregational  church,  who  preached  here  in  1826 
and  other  years. 


THE  EARI,Y  MISSIONARIES.  1 1 

Graham,  Rev.  Wii,i,i  km,  preached  in  the  Western  Ohio  set- 
tlements for  several  years  prior  to  1824. 

Harris,  Rev.  Timothy,  licensed  1807,  preached  in  Miami 
Valley  as  a  missionary  in  1807  and  1808  and  later  at  Granville. 
He  died  in  1822.  His  report  of  his  trip  through  here  in  1808  says, 
"Many  are  the  calls  for  preaching  " 

HoGE,  Rev.  James,  born  in  Virginia,  Jul}^  4,  1784,  licensed  in 
1805,  commissioned  in  iSo6  by  the  General  Assembly  to  serve  as 
missionary  in  the  Ohio  settlements.  He  installed  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Woods  at  the  Darby  church  in  1806,  who  was  the  first 
Presbyterian  pastor  that  the  Logan  county  settlers  heard. 
The  church  has  since  moved  to  Milford  Center.  He  was 
installed  pastor  at  Columbus,  June  11,  1808,  and  continued  there 
fifty  years.  He  greatly  assisted  in  the  propogation  of  religion 
through  these  parts.  He  was  Moderator  of  the  Presbytery  held 
in  the  Belief ontaine  Court  House  in  1825. 

HoGE,  Rev.  Joseph,  preached  here  about  1820,  later  was  cal- 
led by  Mt.  Tabor  church,  which  was  a  few  miles  south-east  of 
West  Liberty. 

Hushes,  Rev.  James,  born  in  York  county,  Pennsylvania, 
1 765, educated  under  Joseph  Smith,  licensed  1788,  made  several  tours 
through  the  Miami  Valley  before  1814.  Was  pastor  of  three 
churches  in  Champaign  county  from  1814  to  1818,  during  which 
time  he  is  remembered  to  have  visited  this  county  and  probably 
preached  often  at  Mack-a-Cheek.  He  was  chosen  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Miami  University,  in  1818.     He  died  in  182 1,  aged  56. 

Hughes,  Joseph  S.,  born  1789,  son  of  Joseph  H.,  graduated 
at  Jefferson  College  1808,  licensed  1809  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio, 
pastor  of  Delaware  and  Berkshire,  Ohio,  continued  to  act  as  mission- 
ary, supply  and  pastor  in  this  section  until  his  death  in  1823. 

Hughes,  Rev.  Thomas  E.,  accompanied  Rev.  Thomas  Badg- 
er on  some  of  his  early  missionary  tours. 

JENKS,  Rev.  Ahab,  preached  in  this  section  prior  to  1822. 

Marquis,  Rev.  Thos.,  see  sketch. 

Merrii,,  Rev.  David,  was  pastor  at  Urbana  and  neighboring 
churches  from  1827  to  1841.  He  made  trips  to  Belief  ontaine  and 
assisted  materially  in  encouraging  the  growth  of  Christianity 
in  this  community. 

McCurdy,  Rev.  Ewsha,  licensed  1799,  was  one  of  the  most 
noted  of  the  early  Presbyterian  ministers  and  missionaries  who 
helped  the  destitute  churches  of  western  Ohio.     He  accompanied 


12  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

the  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  on  one  of  his  first  missionary  trips 
from  Pennsylvania  through  this  section. 

Patterson,  Rev  Joseph,  son  of  Robert  and  Jane  P.,  born 
1752,  licensed  1788,  started  the  Sabbath  School  Society  in  November, 
181 7,  which  was  afterwards  called  the  Sabbath  School  Union.  He 
made  missionary  trips  among  the  Indians  and  the  white  settlements 
of  Ohio,  and  was,  perhaps,  the  principal  distributor  of  Bibles  among 
the  earl3^  Ohio  settlers  of  his  time.     He  died  in  1832,  aged  80. 

PoGUE,  Rev.  Andrew  W.,  licensed  by  Washington  Presby- 
tery, supply  at  Yellow  Springs,  1819,  preached  at  Muddy  Run 
(Mack-a-Cheek)  near  West  Liberty,  more  or  less  for  several  years. 
He  supplied  the  settlement  congregations  in  Springfield  and 
neighborhood  quite  regularly  from  June,  1823,  to  1825. 

Robinson,  Rev.  James,  son  of  Robert  and  Rebecca  (Wallace) 
Robinson,  born  in  York  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1769,  graduated 
at  Canonsburg,  now  Jefferson  College,  1802,  licensed  and  appoint- 
ed missionary  by  Presbytery  of  Ohio  in  1805,  ordained  in  1807  and 
installed  by  Presbytery  of  Ohio  pastor  of  Crooked  Creek,  Pennsyl- 
vania, same  year.  Later,  pastor  at  Pickway  Plains  and  removed  to 
"The  Darby,"  the  Liberties,  in  1820.  He  devoted  many  3'ears  to 
preaching  in  this  section.  Besides  his  other  work  here  he  made 
special  missionary  trips  through  Logan  county  every  six  months 
from  1820  until  the  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  moved  here,  preaching  to 
such  Presbyterians  and  others  as  would  gather  at  the  school  houses. 
Among  others  he  established  the  "Church  of  Logan"  at  Chero- 
kee Run,  in  1824,  the  meetings  of  which  church  were  frequently 
held  in  Bellefontaine,  and  many  of  the  original  members  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church,  of  Bellefontaine,  were  members  of 
that  church.  See  chapter  "Presbyterian  Church  of  Cherokee 
Run."  He  served  the  church  at  Marysville,  Ohio,  from  182 1  to 
1828;  afterwards  he  was  at  Tifiin  from  1828  to  1834.  Was  at 
Ashland  and  Lewisburg  until  1845.  He  filled  many  clerical  posi- 
tions in  this  section,  doing  much  to  foster  the  growth  of  religion 
in  this  community.  He  died  April  22,  1847,  aged  77,  at  Mil- 
ford  Center,  Ohio.  Children: — Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jesse  Mitchell, 
of  Lower  Liberty,  Ohio;  John  W. ;  Rebecca,  who  married  Robert 
Houston,  of  Ashland;  James,  of  Logan  county,  and  Maria,  wife 
of  Dr.  J.  R.  Snodgrass. 

Robinson,  Rev.  Wii<i,iam,  served  vacant  churches  in  the 
Miami  Presbytery  in  181 4  and  later  including  the  Mack-a-Cheek, 
the  first  Presbyterian  church  in  this  county. 


THE  EARI^Y  MISSIONARIES.  13 

Steei.,  Rev.  Archibald,  visited  this  section  as  early  as  1799, 
preaching  and  doing  missionary  work  at  Buck  Creek,  Darby, 
North  Liberty  and  all  of  the  new  settlements  under  commission 
from  the  Presbytery.  He  made  lists  of  all  members  of  the  church 
wherever  they  wanted  an  organization  and  reported  same  to  the 
Presbytery.  He  sefved  the  settlements  south  of  here  once  in  four 
weeks  at  the  school  houses,  including  Springfield,  from  1815  to 
1823. 

Welsh,  Rev.  James,  pastor  of  the  Dayton  church,  1804  to 
181 7,  is  supposed  to  have   helped  the  cause  some  here. 

Woods,  Rev.  Samuel,  was  the  first  resident  pastor  to  those 
IvOgan  county  Presbyterians  who  went  to  "The  Darby"  to  church. 
Some  traveled  as  far  as  twenty  miles  to  attend  services  there.  He 
was  settled  there  in  1806.  He  continued  his  active  religious  work 
there  until  he  died,  April  27,  1815,  aged  35. 

Woods,  Rev.  John,  located  at  Buck  Creek,  now  Champaign 
county,  in  1807,  services  being  held  at  private  houses  at  the  set- 
tlements. 


14  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

First  Presbyterian 
Church, 

OF   BELLEFONTAINE. 

BY    ELIZABETH    C.    ARMER. 

The  banners  they  upbore 

Our  hands  still  lift  on  high; 
The  lyord  they  followed  evermore 

To  us  is  also  nigh. 


as  we  take  a  backward  look  for  the  beginning  of  this  church, 
it  is  like  searching  for  the  source  of  a  river,  from  so  many 
places  and  people  have  come  the  material  for  this  fountain 
of  God's  opening.  The  finger  cannot  be  put  on  any  day  or  place 
and  have  it  said  here  was  the  beginning  of  the  church. 

Martin  Luther  gave  the  split  from  the  Catholic  church  its  de- 
cisive blow,  when  he  nailed  his  views  to  the  door  of  the  castle 
church  of  Wittenberg.  The  Protestant  spirit  grew  rapidly  among 
the  northern  nations  of  Europe.  The  southern  races  remained 
loyal  to  the  Pope.  The  lyUtherans  took  Northern  Germany  and 
Scandinavia.  England  under  Henry  VIII  established  the  Epis- 
copal church,  and  the  Presbyterian  spread  in  Southern  Germany, 
Switzerland  and  Eastern  France  Calvin's  great  ideas  shaped 
largely  the  latter.  The  Scotch  adopted  his  views  with  such  modi- 
fications as  seemed  to  them  best, 

They  evolved  our  ancestral  Presbyterian  church  and  maintained 
it  against  the  hostile  English  monarchs.  Many,  driven  by  perse- 
cution, removed  to  Northern  Ireland  and  there  developed  still  more 
their  independent  views.  Huguenots  from  France  also  sought  a 
refuge  in  Ireland.  But  the  persecutions,  because  of  their  not  sub- 
mitting to  the  established  church  of  England,  became  in  time  un- 
endurable and  in  two  years  thirty  thousand  Presbyterians  left 
Northern  Ireland  for  America.  Both  the  Scotch-Irish  and  the 
Protestants  from  England  and  Germany  settled  largely  in  Penn- 
sylvania and  Virginia  but  some  in  Maryland  and  the  Carolinas; 
and  from   there   they   spread  over  Kentucky  and  Ohio.     The  first 


THE  EARI,Y  MISSIONARIES.  1 5 

Presbyterian  church  in  Philadelphia  was  established  in  1698, 
the  first  in  Kentucky  nearly  a  hundred  years  later.  Washing- 
ton county,  Pennsylvania,  was  the  half  way  station  between 
the  east  and  Ohio.  Pittsburg  and  Wheeling  were  gateways  to 
the  far  west,  of  which  Ohio  was  a  part.  Wherever 
Presbyterians  went,  religion  was  zealously  upheld.  Personal 
responsibility  always  brings  conservatism  and  these  Presby- 
terians were  strong  factors  for  stable  government,  for  churches 
and  schools.  Under  the  name  of  Corigregationalists  a  similar 
element  came  from  the  English  settlements  of  New  England, 
.Another  supply  was  the  Scotch-Irish  woodsmen  from  Kentucky. 
All  of  these  streams  of  hardy,  brave,  ambitious  men  and  women 
met  in  Ohio,  making  a  race  of  people  that  has  made  its  mark  in 
our  national  life  and  furnished  leaders  in  every  decade  of  this 
century. 

It  has  been  impossible  to  procure  the  reports  of  the  early  mis- 
sionaries who  visited  this  section  prior  to  1829.  Such  reports,  as 
were  in  possession  of  the  stated  clerk  of  the  General  Assembly, 
were  destroyed  by  a  fire  in  Philadelphia  many  years  ago.*  The 
early  missionaries  came  with  the  first  settlers,  in  fact  they  visited 
and  labored  among  the  Indians  before  the  white  men  dared  to  bring 
their  families.  They  were  a  race  of  heroes  peculiar  to  the  time. 
Traveling  horse  back, with  pants  faced  with  buck  skin  (for  they  must 
ford  swollen  streams  and  force  their  way  through  woods  thick  with 
underbrush);  with  saddle  bags,  blanket  and  rifle  fastened  to  their 
saddles,  and  perhaps  with  the  addition  of  an  umbrella  and  a  silk  hat, 
they  were  immediately  recognized  if  their  coming  had  not  been 
heralded.  The  frontier  hospitality,  usually  great,  was  unlimited  to 
the  welcome  preacher,  whether  the  host's  views  were  in  accord 
with  his  or  not.  Everybody  went  to  the  services.  There  were 
missionary  tours  through  this  section  very  early  in  the  present 
century,  perhaps  a  few  years  before  the  close  of  the  last. 

Among  the  earliest  families  in  Logan  county  and  probably  the 
first  to  settle  in  the  vicinity  of  Bellefontaine,  that  was  inclined  to 
the  Presbyterian  church,  was  that  of  John  Gunn,  who  established 
a  tavern  about  one  mile  south  of  the  present  fair  grounds,  in  1805. 
Mr.  Gunn  was  from  Canada  and  the  agent  for  a  large  amount  of 
real  estate  in  this  section. 

His  tavern  was  for  years  a  gathering  place  for  both  religious 


*W.  H.  Roberts,  Stated  Clerk  General  Assembly. 


1 6  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

and  political  meetings.  It  was  the  best  place  for  the  itinerant 
preachers  to  gather  the  settlers  together  until  Bellefontaine  be- 
came a  business  center.  Mr.  Gunn  does  not  appear  to  have  been  a 
member  of  the  church  until  he  joined  here  in  1831. 

What  was  known  as  the  Church  of  Logan  was  established  at 
Cherokee  in  1824  by  Rev.  James  Robinson.  The  meetings  of  this 
church  w^ere  frequently  held  in  Bellefontaine.  In  1825  this  church, 
through  Mr.  Robinson,  requested  permission  to  present  a  call  to 
the  Presbytery  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  for  a  portion  of  the 
ministerial  labors  of  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson,  which  was  granted. 
Mr.  Stevenson  accepted  this  call  and  was  installed  pastor  of  the . 
Church  of  Logan,  at  Bellefontaine,  April  25,  1826, 

There  were  present  Reverends  James  Robinson,  James  Hoge, 
Ebenezer  Washburn,  Henry  Vandeman,  Joseph  Stevenson  and 
several  elders  from  other  settlements.  The  sermon  was  delivered 
by  Rev.  James  Hoge,  of  Columbus,  from  the  text,  "My  Grace  is 
Sufficient  for  Thee,"  2nd  Corinthians,  12:9.  The  people  known  as 
the  Church  of  Logan  and  Cherokee  now  presented  a  paper,  with 
regard  to  Mr,  Stevenson,  their  pastor  elect,  requesting  three 
fourths  of  his  time  to  be  equally  divided  between  four  places  of 
preaching,  one  at  Cherokee  Run,  one  at  Bellefontaine,  one  at 
Newell 's  Mills,  where  a  church  was  organized  to  be  known  by  the 
name  of  Stoney  Creek,  and  one  near  West  Liberty.  Rev.  Joseph 
Stevenson  had  removed  in  the  Spring  of  1825  with  his  family  to 
a  tract  of  1300  acres  of  land,  given  him  by  his  father-in-law,  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Marquis,  two  miles  north  of  Bellefontaine. 

Mr.  Stevenson  had  previously  been  through  this  region  in  the 
employ  of  the  Bible  Society.  Logan  county  was  then  the  center  of 
four  or  five  counties  in  Ohio,  without  a  settled  Presbyterian 
preacher.  When  Father  Stevenson  came  to  make  it  his  home  he 
organized  a  circuit  of  thirteen  preaching  places  which  he  supplied 
once  in  five  weeks  for  the  space  of  two  years. 

In  1828  the  church  of  Bellefontaine  was  organized  with  thirty 
members.  The  first  meeting  to  consider  the  question  of  a  separate 
organization  for  Bellefontaine  was  held  in  the  court  house  on 
Christmas  Day,  1827.  The  organization  was  eff^ected  the  following 
March,  by  the  setting  apart  of  three  elders,  Joshua  Robb,  John  W. 
Marquis  and  Robert  Patterson. 

For  some  time  the  church  of  Cherokee  Run  ( Huntsville, ) 
Bellefontaine  and  Stony  Creek  seem  to  have  been  divisions  of  the 
same   church  although   known    by   their   separate    names,    since 


SKETCH   OF  THE   CHURCH.  17 

their  sessions  sat  together  and  members  were  received  at  one  place 
to  be  regular  attendants  at  one  of  the  others.  The  Bellefontaine 
congregation  worshiped  in  the  court  house,  a  frame  building 
which  stood  on  Main  street  a  few  rods  south  of  Court  street,  south 
of  where  the  present  court  house  stands.  The  first  church  build- 
ing erected  by  this  congregation  was  a  square  brick  which  stood 
about  two  squares  south  of  the  court  house  on  Main  street,  and 
upon  the  hill  back  of  the  creek,  on  the  lot  now  occupied  by  the 
A.  M.  E.  church.  It  was  perhaps  forty  feet  square  with  two  doors 
in  the  front.  The  pulpit  was  on  the  east  side  facing  the  doors. 
The  aisles  were  paved  with  large  square  brick  and  the  pews  were 
high  and  closed  with  doors.  There  were  four  square  pews,  one  on 
each  side  of  the  pulpit,  and  one  on  either  side  in  front.  These 
were  occupied  by  the  elders  and  leading  members  In  January,  1829, 
the  session  met  in  the  meeting  house  but  no  record  of  its  dedication 
has  been  found.  In  1831  Rev.  Mr.  Stevenson  records  a  work  of 
grace  in  which  fourteen  were  added  to  the  church  on  examination. 
There  was  a  gradual  increase  in  members  by  examination  and  per- 
haps as  many  by  letter,  for  the  country  was  filling  up  by  emi- 
gration from  the  East,  and  in  1833  the  membership  numbered 
ninety-nine  and  employed  Rev.  Mr.  Stevenson  half  of  his  time,  the 
other  half  being  divided  between  Cherokee  and  Stony  Creek. 

Alienations  were  early  in  the  history  of  this  church.  Many 
of  the  members  had  been  leaders  in  other  churches  before  they 
came  here  and  each  had  his  own  methods,  and  they  did  not  always 
harmonize.  We  will  reach  a  clearer  atmosphere  before  we  all  see 
alike.  It  was  finally  resolved  to  separate,  and  in  1836  the  Presby- 
tery of  Miami,  at  its  Spring  meeting,  set  apart  certain  disaffected 
members,  into  a  Second  Presbyterian  church,  which  was  in  exist- 
ence some  fourteen  years.  It  had  for  pastors,  successively.  Rev. 
J.  A.  Meeks,  Rev.  J.  ly.  Bellville,  Rev.  J.  h,  Polk  and  perhaps  oth- 
ers whose  records  have  not  been  found.  The  Second  church  laid 
claim  to  their  share  of  the  church  building  and  the  First  church, 
after  some  deliberation,  withdrew,  giving  up  all  interest  in  the 
house,  and  for  a  while  worshiped  again  in  the  court  house,  after- 
wards in  what  was  known  as  the  McLaughlin  school  house,  a 
square  brick  building  still  standing  on  the  corner  of  Sandusky 
and  Elm.  In  the  Autumn  of  1840  Rev.  R.  H.  Hollyday,  now  of 
Findlay,  came  to  assist  Rev.  Mr.  Stevenson  in  his  work,  preaching  at 
West  Liberty  and  Stony  Creek  one  Sabbath,  and  at  Bellefontaine 
the  next.     Mr.  Stevenson  had  met  Mr.  Hollyday  while  he  was  yet 


l8  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

attending  school,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Ohio  Anti-Slavery  Society  at 
Massilon,  and  the  following  Autumn  they  again  met  in  Dayton  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Cincinnati.  He  was  invited  to  come  to 
Bellefontaine  and  assist  Mr.  Stevenson,  which  he  did  and  continu- 
ed in  that  relationship  six  months.  In  the  spring  of  1844  Rev. 
Stevenson,  desiring  to  discontinue  his  services,  it  was  voted  to  ask 
Presbytery  to  place  Bellefontaine  on  a  missionary  route  if  they 
should  form  one. 

These  were  dark  days  for  the  little  flock.     To  use  the  words 
of  Rev,  J.  H.  Stevenson  in  his  sermon  delivered  on  the  fiftieth  an- 


7,    1 

1 

THE   CHURCH  OF  1 845. 

niversary  of  this  church,  "They  were  homeless,  shepherdless  and 
discouraged,  till  the  necessity  of  disbanding  was  seriously  discuss- 
ed by  their  warmest  friends. ' '  Their  extremity  was  reached  when 
the  disheartened  handful,  having  long  been  without  the  privilege, 
applied  unsuccessfully  to  different  members  of  the  Presbytery  to 
hold  a  sacramental  meeting  for  them.  A  grey  haired  elder*  resolv- 
ed to  make  one  more  effort.  He  wrote  again  to  one  of  the  breth- 
ren, making  his  appeal  as  strong  as  he  could,  and  then  decided  to 
deliver  the  letter  in   person,  riding   twenty -five   miles   through   a 


*J.  W.  Marquis. 


SKETCH   OF   THE   CHURCH.  T9 

soaking  rain  to  do  it.  Like  Jacob,  at  Peniel,  he  would  take  no  de- 
nial. He  plead  for  the  life  of  the  church,  and,  like  Jacob,  he  pre- 
vailed. It  was  a  thrilling  scene  when  the  old  man  rose  in  society 
next  day,  where  it  had  met  for  so  many  years,  in  the  big  room 
built  for  it  in  the  home  of  the  first  pastor,  and  announced  his  suc- 
cess, and  the  conditions  upon  which  the  minister  had  consented  to 
come,  namely  that  the  people  would  pray  earnestly  for  the  "Bap- 
tism of  the  Holy  Ghost."  The  condition  was  accepted.  The 
meetings  were  announced.  The  people  prayed,  God  heard,  Mr. 
Spence  came,  the  spirit  of  God  accompanied  the  Word  with  power, 
and  members  were  added  unto  the  church.  It  was  the  turning 
point  in  the  life  of  the  church.  Soon  a  pastor  was  secured  in  the 
person  of  Rev.  George  T.  Gregg,  and  some  time  in  1845  the  second 
house  of  worship  was  occupied;  the  oblong  brick  on  North  Main 
street,  now  belonging  to  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church.  Mr. 
Gregg  continued  as  pastor  of  the  church  until  his  death  of  small- 
pox in  January,  1854.  Of  these  years  we  have  the  session  records 
telling  who  were  received  and  from  where,  and  the  dealings  of  the 
church  with  wayward  members.  When  there  were  no  railroads 
or  telegraph  wires  and  people  could  not  read  today  what  -v^as  done 
in  China  or  Europe  yesterday,  being  more  shut  in  to  themselves, 
they,  perhaps,  scrutinized  each  others  work  more  closely.  Offend- 
ers were  dealt  with  strictly  and  yet  there  was  much  christian  chari- 
ty shown.  In  August  of  1844  missionary  subscriptions  and  collec- 
tions are  recorded,  although  money  was  doubtless  raised  for  this 
purpose  long  before.  At  a  meeting  of  the  session  December  16, 
1848,  it  was  resolved  to  take  collections  and  subscriptions  for  do- 
mestic missions  the  first  Sabbath  in  December,  for  foreign  missions 
the  first  Sabbath  in  May,  and  for  education  the  first  Sabbath  in 
August.  Notice  is  also  found  on  the  books  of  the  congregation  of 
assistance  received  in  congregational  expense,  from  the  Ladies' 
Aid  Society,  early  in  the  life  of  this  church,  but  no  record  has  been 
found  of  the  organization  of  this  society.  They  doubtless  kept 
their  own  records,  but  they  have  been  lost. 

January  18,  1854,  Rev.  Gregg  was  called  from  his  labors  here. 
This  was  his  only  pastorate  and  he  served  for  nearly  ten  years,  but 
God  had  other  work  for  him,  and  although  the  record  of  his  work  is 
short  only  God  can  tell  how  far  reaching  it  was  or  how  seed  of  his 
planting  may  have  spread.  Rev.  E.  B.  RaflFensperger  took  charge 
of  the  church  October  i,  1854.  Of  the  supplies  in  the  interim  Rev. 
W.  H.  Babbit  occupied  the  pulpit  six  weeks.     Under  Mr.  Raff  ens- 


20 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


perger  the  church  took  the  whole  time  of  the  minister,  dissolving 
its  connections  with  Cherokee  as  it  had  before  with  Stony  Creek. 
He  was  a  good  preacher  and  the  church  grew  rapidly  under  him. 
During  the  Winter  of  '56-7  a  series  of  meetings  was  held  by  which 
the  church  was  much  revived  and  many  members  added.  Mr. 
Raffensperger  records  that  in  preparing  his  annual  sermon  at  the 
close  of  1856  he  had  been  much  distressed  at  the  small  number 
who  had  been  received  into  the  church  that  year,  but  it  seemed 
the  dark  hour  before  the  dawn.     On  communion  Sabbath,  at  the 

suggestion  of  Judge  Bennett,  meet- 
ing was  announced  for  the  follow- 
ing evening,  then  followed  preach- 
ing on  Tuesday  evening  and  day 
after  day  for  several  weeks,  no  ap- 
pointments being  tnade  beyond  the 
following  evening.  The  pastor  did 
all  the  preaching  at  first;  when  it 
became  necessary  to  have  help  Rev, 
William  T.  Findley,  D.  D.,  then  of 
Springfield,  and  Rev.  James  H, 
Brooks,  D.  D.,  of  Dayton,  came  to 
his  assistance.  The  revival  was 
followed  by  the  agitation  of  the 
college  question  and  Mr.  Raffens- 
perger thought  that  the  first  idea  of  a  Presbyterian  college  in 
Ohio,  originated  in  Bellefontaine.  He  says  he  found  it  in  the 
minds  and  hearts  of  Judge  Bennett,  W.  G.  Kennedy,  William  H. 
West,  Benjamin  Stanton,  C.  W.  B.  Allison  and  many  others.  But 
all  their  labors,  speeches,  trips  to  Synod,  Presbyteries  and  conven- 
tions and  handsome  subscriptions  were  in  vain.  The  college  eluded 
their  grasp,  as  to  location.  Rev.  Raffensperger  gave  up  the  charge 
of  the  church  June  i,  1859.  Mr.  Raffensberger  was  the  first  minis- 
ter who  gave  his  whole  time  to  this  church.  The  practical  healing 
of  the  division  in  the  church  occurred  under  him,  many  of  the 
members  of  the  recently  dissolved  Second  church  coming  back  to 
the  First  church  under  his  ministry. 

With  no  long  interval  Rev.  George  P.  Bergen  was  called  to  the 
pulpit  in  August,  1859.  No  extended  account  is  left  of  his  work 
on  the  church  books.  His  first  Thanksgiving  sermon  delivered 
here  in  the  M.  E.  church  November  29,  i860,  was  on  the  dangers 
of  war  on  account  of  slavery.     His  pastorate  was  during  years  of 


REV.  E.  B.  RAFFENSPERGER. 


SKETCH    OF   THE   CHURCH.  21 

great  political  excitement,  when  what  was  deemed  exclusively 
church  work  seemed  less  important  than  the  duty  of  preserving 
our  union  of  states.  The  call  for  help  by  the  Government  was  an- 
swered by  many  of  the  young  men  of  this  church,  some  of  whom 
came  back  when  the  war  was  over,  and  some  lay  down  on  southern 
battlefields,  there  to  await  the  final  roll  call.  Nothing  of  especial 
interest  is  recorded  of  Rev.  Mr.  Bergen's  ministry  other  than  is  the 
common  lot  of  preachers.  He  doubtless  had  his  glad  days  and  his 
sad  ones,  yet  the  church  had  a  steady  growth,  although,  as  has 
been  said,  it  was  in  trying  times.  He  gave  up  the  charge  in  June 
of  1863. 

On  the  last  Sabbath  of  July,  1863,  Rev.  George  Iv.  Kalb  preach- 
ed his  first  sermon  here,  on  the  invitation  of  the  session,  and  after 
preaching  for  five  Sabbath  days  he  was  invited  to  supply  the  pul- 
pit for  six  months.  On  the  first  Monday  in  March,  1864,  a  call 
was  made  out  for  his  services  as  pastor,  acting  on  which,  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Sidney  installed  him  in  the  following  April.  In  Sep- 
tember, of  1868,  the  system  of  pew  renting  was  abolished  and  seats 
have  ever  since  been  free. 

In  May,  1870,  the  church  property  was  sold  to  the  First  Chris- 
tian church  of  Bellefontaine,  the  erection  of  a  new  church  building 
having  been  previously  resolved  upon.  The  congregation  for  a 
while  afterwards  worshiped  in  a  hall  and  later  in  the  basement  of 
their  church,  before  the  completion  of  the  building. 

January,  1874,  the  third  house  of  worship  was  dedicated.  In 
October,  1878,  the  semi-century  of  this  church  organization  was 
celebrated  seven  months  too  late,  September,  1884,  a  pipe  organ 
was  dedicated. 

Dr.  Kalb  resigned  the  pastorate  September,  1898,  after  a  min- 
istry, to  this  people,  of  thirty-five  years,  in  which  the  church  has 
had  a  constant  growth.  The  Winter  of  1876-7  was  marked  by  a 
season  of  especial  awakening,  in  which  many  of  the  young  people 
of  the  church  were  gathered  in  and  the  older  ones  seemed  to  take 
on  a  new  lease  of  life.  Again  in  the  early  Winter  of  1889,  under 
the  leadership  of  Rev.  H  H.  Wells,  there  was  an  especial  work  of 
grace.  In  February  of  1898,  with  the  assistance  of  Rev.  W.  A. 
Bodell,  a  harvest  of  Dr.  Kalb's  planting  and  tending  was  gathered. 
Under  Dr.  Kalb  the  membership  of  this  church  has  grown  from 
220,  April  I,  1864,  to  510,  when  he  gave  up  the  charge.  Many 
have  died  and  perhaps  as  many  have  been  dismissed  to  unite  else- 


22  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

where.  Dr.  Kalb  has  been  pastor  of  this  church  half  the  years  of 
its  Hfe. 

A  Woman's  Missionary  Society  was  organized  in  1871;  it  is 
both  home  and  foreign,  and  since  its  organization  the  society  has 
been  among  the  largest  givers  in  the  Presbyterial  organizations, 
for  which  thanks  are  due  Dr.  Kalb  for  his  instruction  and  leader- 
ship. Not  since  the  time  of  Paul  has  there  been  such  a  wide 
spread  interest  in  missions  as  there  is  today  and  this  congregation 
has  been  blessed  with  a  pastor  who  did  not  feel  that  eighteen  cen- 
turies made  less  urgent  the  Macedonian  cry. 

Few  churches  are  so  rich  in  the  memory  of  their  founder  as 
the  First  Presbyterian  church,  of  Bellefontaine.  Rev.  Joseph 
Stevenson  lived  and  labored  in  the  church  many  years  after  he 
ceased  to  be  its  pastor,  dying  in  February,  1865. 

This  congregation  has  been  served  by  twenty-nine  elders,  of 
whom  eleven  are  now  in  the  service.  The  seventy  years  of  its  life 
cover  a  marvelous  period.  The  greatest  strides  have  been  made 
in  exploration,  in  science,  in  civilization  of  any  time  in  the  world's 
history.  By  far  the  largest  part  of  our  own  country  was  an  unknown 
land  seventy  years  ago.  Daniel  Webster  opposed  the  annexation 
of  western  territory,  including  California,  calling  it  "A  region  of 
savages  and  wild  beasts,  of  deserts,  of  shifting  sands  and  whirlwinds, 
of  cactus  and  prairie  dogs.  To  what  use  could  we  ever  hope  to 
put  these  great  deserts  or  endless  mountain  chains,  impenetrable 
and  covered  to  their  bases  with  eternal  snows?  What  can  we  ever 
hope  to  do  with  this  western  coast,  3000  miles  rock  bound,  cheer- 
less and  uninviting,  with  not  a  harbor  on  it?  What  use  have  we  for 
such  a  country?" 

It  has  been  a  period  of  wonderful  discoveries  and  inventions. 
The  opening  of  China,  for  long  ages  a  sealed  book.  The  explora- 
tion of  Africa.  More  fields  opening  and  more  workers  desiring  to 
go  than  there  is  means  to  send.  And  this  people  have  had  their 
part  in  it  all.  The  great  slavery  agitation  of  18 18  (the  leaven  of 
which  kept  working  until  the  national  sin  was  wiped  out)  was 
started  in  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  church  by 
the  effort  and  petition  of  the  ministers  of  the  Miami  Presbytery, 
of  which  this  section  was  then  a  part.  This  church  has  belonged 
to  four  Presbyteries: — Columbus,  Miami,  to  which  it  was  transfer- 
red in  April,  1829;  Sidney,  from  the  organization  of  the  same  in 
1836;  and  Bellefontaine,  by  act  of  the  Synod  of  Toledo,  reconstruct- 
ing the  Presbyteries.     I  should  fall  short  of  ni}'  task  if  I  did  not 


SKETCH   OF  THE   CHURCH.  23 

speak  a  word  for  the  nonprofessing  members  of  this  congregation 
and  for  those  in  other  denominations  who  assisted  in  the  support 
of  this  church  in  its  early  days.  The  names  are  found  on  the 
church  record  of  many  who  were  members  in  sister  churches,  who 
helped  also  in  the  support  of  this  church,  and  there  are  those  in 
our  congregation  whose  names  are  on  the  trustees'  books  and 
should  be  on  the  church  roll. 

After  Dr.  Kalb's  resignation,  September  18,  1898,  which  was 
accepted  with  regret,  the  pulpit  was  supplied  for  several  months 
by  different  ministers. 

At  a  congregational  meeting  held  on  Sabbath,  January  15, 
1899,  it  was  voted  to  call  Rev.  George  E.  Davies,  of  Fort  Wayne, 
Indiana,  to  be  pastor  of  this  people.  The  call  was  accepted  and 
on  April  23,  1899,  Rev.  Mr.  Davies  was  installed,  many  of  this 
congregation  witnessing  an  installation  for  the  first  time. 

We  look  back  upon  the  past,  and  what  a  sea  of  memory  crowds 
upon  us;  what  a  congregation  of  departed  faces;  what  struggles 
have  been  endured  before  victory  came.  The  church  has  been  the 
glory  of  this  land  for  more  than  a  hundred  years.  It  was  her 
energy  that  purchased  civil  and  religious  liberty.  Hitherto  hath 
the  Ivord  helped  us.  May  he  still  prosper  us  so  that  to  those  who 
look  from  1928  this  may  be  a  day  of  small  things. 


24 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  REPORTS 


i'U'M'WWWW 


Of  this  Church    to    the    General    Assembly   of    the    Presbyterian 
Church,  Philadelphia,  from  1829  to  1899,  Inclusive. 


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Funds. 

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C 

C   0 

n  2 

bog 

Jos.  vStevensoii  . . 
Do 

1829 
1830 
1 83 1 
1832 
1833 
1834 
1835 
1836 

1837 
1838 

1839 
1840 
1841 
1842 

1843 
1844 

1845 
1846 
1847 
1848 
1849 
1850 
1851 
1852 
1853 
1854 
1855 
1856 

1857 
1858 

1859 
i860 
1861 
1862 
1863 
1864 
1865 
1866 
1867 
1868 
1869 
1870 
1 87 1 
1872 
1873 
1874 
1875 

I 

3 

13 

27 

2 

16' 
2 

r3 
5 
2 
2 

7 

8 

6 
II 

8 

8 

6 
22 

3 

77 
13 
II 

4 

7 

II 

9 
2 

13 
19 

39 
6 

7 
8 
6 

4 
8 

15 
6 

31 

7 
10 

22 
9 

24 

7 

4 

2 

9 
6 

3 

2 

8 

7 

14 

14 

14 

14 

8 

9 
12 

17 
13 
6 

8 
8 

15 
II 

9 
12 

18 

17 

7 

5 

20 

5 
6 

4 
5 
9 

32 
32 

54 
79 
99 

lOI 

"64 
68 
68 
78 
78 
76 
46 
66 
74 
75 
76 
83 
84 

102 

"5 
136 

158 
140 
169 
160 
242 
258 
246 

231 
238 
258 
243 
220 

245 
249 
274 
261 

247 
245 
256 
230 
232 

234 
240 

7 

Do 

Do 

26 

15 

7 

$6 

29 

28 

Do 

$122 
60 

Do 

Do 

Do 

36 
23 
15 

Do 

7 
4 

4 
11 

Do 

Do 

Do 

I 

10 

R.  H.  Hollyday* 

Jos.   vStevenson.. 

Do 

2 

18 

Do 

2 

I 

I 
I 
I 

13 

10 

8 

12 

14 
21 
12 

5 
4 

2 

Geo.  A.  Gregg  . . 
Do 

$28 
18 

2 

5 

3 

45 

2 

Do 

Do 

Do 

9 
80 

13 

13 

50 

34 
12 

27 
60 

14 
30 

17 

19 
20 

13 
37 
71 
32 
33 
119 

93 
59 
37 
62 

37 
170 

125 

"'$286' 

286 

500 

905 

1,274 

1,050 

1,159 

995 

447 

1,070 

869 

911 

807 

1,350 

1,109 

1,439 
4,483 
4,668 
7,189 

5,253 
2,069 
2,460 
3,590 
4,053 

Do 

2 

Do 

8 

Do 

Do 

6 
6 

3 

30 

241 
241 

Vacant  

30 
46 
36 

20 
30 

47 

8 

20 

31 
46 

78 

56 

65 

59 

37 

37 

38 

160 

154 

164 

100 

Raffensperger  . . 
Do 

I 

22 
4 

2 
2 
2 

5 
2 
II 
I 
I 
2 
2 
I 

4 
2 

4 

2 

15 
12 

15 
II 
10 

13 
12 

7 

15 
18 
II 

7 
5 
12 
II 
I 
4 
9 
2 

9 

130 
130 
140 
150 
80 

175 
150 
125 
175 
130 

150 
100 

173 
190 
150 
165 
150 
155 
153 
150 

63 
218 

Do 

127 

Do 

Vacant  

Geo.  P.  Bergen.. 

Do 

96 

68 

172 

61 

Do 

loi 

Do 

141 

Geo.  Iv.  Kalb.... 
Do 

159 

587 

Do 

220 

Do 

242 

Do 

135 

Do 

243 

Do 

179 

Do 

Do 

III 
122 

Do 

Do 

106 
103 

Do 

III 

♦Assistant  Pastor. 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE   REPORTS. 


25 


ABSTRACT  OF  THE  REPORTS —CONTINUED. 


Minister. 


Geo  L,. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do.. 
Do. 
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Kalb. 


Totals    

Total  since  1852. 


1876 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1 881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1&86 
1887 
i8b8 
1889 
1890 
1 89 1. 
1892 

1893 
1894 

1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 


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32 


802 


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■a 
< 


750 


265 
270 
271 
275 
275 
278 
279 
297 
292 
293 
340 
327 
331 
330 
346 

353 
341 
331 
368 

375 
390 
404 

495 
515 


Bap- 
tisms. 


236 


504 


174 
175 
150 
156 
175 
175 
202 

302 
202 

182 
200 

249 
265 
265 
264 
212 
207 
214 
214 

251 
270 
219 
249 
245 


Funds. 


S-2 


$66 

50 

70 

86 

96 

116 

142 

126 

201 

137 
178 
170 
219 

234 
260 
310 
236 
35  i 
293 
335 
193 
160 
121 
143 

5,852 


bco 


S?i4i 
103 
177 

155 
192 

251 
217 

294 
260 
261 
278 
315 
373 
361 
421 
376 
246 
420 
399 
459 
380 

350 

338 
332 


5a 


|2,II5 

2,025 
2,246 

5,103 

4,309 

1,887 

2,035 
1,850 
1,891 
2,816 
2,310 
2,182 

2,144 

2,399 
2,514 
2,318 
2,368 
2,866 
2,512 
2,509 
2,559 
2,404 

2,493 
2,896 


8,329  '108,973  10,512 


$133,666 


^  a 


376 
191 

175 
282 

383 
140 
184 
196 
161 
296 
236 
232 
514 
275 
189 

337 
262 


250 
221 
501 

328 
348 
332 


Prior  to  1852  the  funds  were  not  reported. 


26  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


BOOKS  OF  RECORD 


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OF  THIS    CHURCH    THAT    ARE    STILL 
PRESERVED. 

First  treasurer's  book,  1825  to  1842. 

Building  Committee,  erection  of  the  first  church  building  in 
1827. 

Clerk  of  Session  records,  First,  1828-42, 

Second,  1842-45. 
Third,  1845-56. 
Fourth,  1856-84. 
Fifth,  1884-93. 
Sixth,   1893  to  date. 
Rolls  of  members,  First,  begun  by  Rev.  Mr.  Raffensperger  ir 

1854-66. 
Second,  begun  by  Rev.  Dr.  Kalb  in  1866-81. 
Third,  begun  by  Rev.  Dr.  Kalb  in  1881-99. 
Fourth,  begun  by  Rev.  Mr.  Davies  in  1899. 
Clerk  of  congregation  records,  First,  1832-70. 

Second,  1870  to  date. 
Various  Sabbath  school  and  society  books. 


SEATING   OF   THE   CHURGH. 


27 


THE  Seating 

OF  THE 

Fresbyterian  Church, 


1829    TO    1836. 


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23 

7  22 

8  21 

25      43 
26 

27  42 

28  41 

29  40 

30  39 

31  38 

32  37 

33  36 

9  20 

10  19 

11  18 

1 

12  17 

13  16 

1 

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,, 

1 

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•6h 

No.  of 

No.  of 

Nc 

).  of 

Pew.         Renter. 

Pew.          Renter. 

Pew.          Renter. 

I. 

"Set  apart  for 

12.  Chas.  Porter. 

37- 

Dr.  A.  H.  Ivord. 

Minister." 

20.  Joshua  Robb,  Jr. 

38. 

Miss  Eliza  Reed. 

2. 

Thos.  A.  Whiteas. 

21.  Thos.  Coen. 

39- 

Thos.  McCoid. 

3- 

James  Brown. 

22.  Robt.  Moore. 

40 

Thos.  M.  Stevenson. 

4- 

Henry  Secrist. 

23.  Robt.  Smith. 

41. 

Stephen  Giffin. 

5. 

Moses  &  Jas. 

25.  John  W.  Marquis. 

42. 

Abraham  Scott, 

Marquis. 

26.  Joshua  Robb. 

John  McCracken. 

6. 

John  Robb. 

27.  Raphael  Moore. 

43. 

Robert  Pattenson. 

7- 

David  Robb. 

28.  John  Marquis. 

44 

Moses  Wellman. 

8. 

James  Byers. 

29    John  Nelson. 

45. 

Wm.  Reader. 

9- 

Wm.  Cook. 

30.  Isaac  Morrison. 

46. 

Matthew  Wood. 

10. 

Wm.  Marquis, 

31.  Thos.  Marquis. 

47. 

Saml.  Jameson. 

II 

James  Grimes. 

36.  John  Gunn. 

48. 

Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson 

28  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


The  foregoing  is  a  plan  of  the  seats  in  the  old  South  Main 
street  church.  The  rent,  established  November  22,  1830,  was  as 
follows: — 

Double  pews,  ten  dollars  per  year.  There  were  four,  each 
having  a  door  and  seats  on  three  sides.  Long  pews  seven  dollars 
and  other  pews  five  dollars  per  year. 

"To  give  choice  agreeably  to  the  amount  of  subscription  paid 
for  the  building  of  the  house.  After  the  subscribers  are  accommo- 
dated then  those  who  have  not  paid  anything  to  the  Building  of  the 
house  can  be  accommodated.  Those  who  do  not  wish  to  pay 
five  dollars  per  annum  may  have   Pews  set   apart  for  them." 


Contributors 

To  THE  First  Presbyterian  Church,  According  to  the  First  Treasur- 
er's Book,  Which  Gives  Dates  and  Amounts  Prior  to  1840. 
Dates  Below  Refer  to  the  Years  in  Which 
Contributions  Were  Made. 

Robert  Patterson,  elder,  treasurer,  merchant,  came  in  1824; 
1825-40. 

Noah  Z.  McColloch,  associate  judge  of  the  Common  Pleas 
court;  1825-28. 

Joseph  Black,  farmer,  6  miles  west  from  town;  1825-29. 

Henry  H.  McPherson,  farmer,  lived  near  site  of  the  present 
infirmary.     One  of  the  first  settlers,  came  in  181 1;  1825-29. 

Thomas  A.  Whiteas,  brick  mason,  one  mile  north  of  town; 
1825-31. 

John  Turner,  farmer,  lived  6  miles  west,  before  18 18;  1825-29. 

John  Parish,  lived  6  miles  west,  before  181 8;  1825-29. 

Jeremiah  Whiteas,  son  of  Thomas  A.,  blacksmith;  1827-28. 

Raphael  Moore,  farmer,  7  miles  southwest,  came  in  1807; 
1825-40. 

Mary  Moore,  farmer,  7  miles  southwest,  came  in  1807;  1825-37. 

Samuel  Moore,  cabinet  maker  and  farmer,  7  miles  southwest, 
came  in  1807;  1825-40. 

Robert  Moore,  farmer,  7  miles  southwest,  came  in  1807; 
1825-40. 

George  Krouscup,  Sr.,  township  clerk  181 7,  county  auditor; 
1826-29. 


CONTRIBUTORS.   •  29 


Samuel  Newell,  first  county  clerk,  county  treasurer,  came  to 
this  township,  in  1806;  1827-29. 

Jacob  R.  Hall,  large  land  holder,  died  unmarried,  in  Michi- 
gan, 1830. 

Stephen  Giffin,  carpenter  and  school  teacher,  here  early; 
1827-33. 

Robert  Smith,  came  before  181 1,  organized  the  first  Presby- 
terian church  in  this  county,  elder,  was  associate  judge  Conmion 
Pleas  court;   1826-34. 

John  W.  Marquis,  farmer,  elder,  came  here  about  1826;  1828- 
40. 

John  Hemphill,  Sr.,  carpenter,  afterwards  a   farmer;  1828-29. 

John  Coulter,  tanner,  removed  to  Huntsville;  1828-32. 

Jackson  McClure,  cabinet  maker,  came  in  1827,  died  here; 
1828-30. 

Thomas  Coen,  carpenter,  came  here  very  early;  1829-30. 

Joshua  Robb,  associate  judge  of  Common  Pleas  court,  elder; 
1828-33. 

Matthew  Wood,  farmer  near  Rushcreek  lake,  1831. 

Henry  Secrist,  farmer  near  West  Liberty,  came  here  in  1816; 
1828-40. 

Jane  Shields,  Presbyterian  meetings  held  at  her  house  prior  to 
1824.     Widow,  married  Thomas  Scott,  here  about  1808;  1829. 

Samuel  Scott,  blacksmith,  came  here  in  181 1,  from  County 
Wexford,  Ireland;  1829. 

Richard  A.  Canby,  merchant  and  lawyer,  died,  aged  90,  in 
Illinois;  1830-40. 

John  Martin,  farmer,  10  miles  west;  1829-31. 

William  Kirk  wood,  farmer  6  miles  southwest,  came  to  Lake 
township  in  1804;  183C-40. 

David  Robb,  U.  S.  Commissioner  to  remove  the  Lewistown 
Indians;  1830-34. 

Thomas  M.  Stevenson,  elder,  farmer,  2  miles  north;  1831-40. 

James  Byers,  farmer,  2  miles  north;  1831-40. 

William  Robb,  son  of  John  Robb,  removed  to   Pennsylvania ; 

1831-33- 

John  Marquis,  father  of  Governor  Wm.  V.  Marquis;  1831-33. 

John  Gunn,  surveyor,  land  agent,  proprietor  of  Gunn's  tavern 
in  1805,  Chairman  of  one  the  first  congregational  meetings  of 
this  church;  1825-33. 

Isaac  S.  Gardner,  merchant;  1830-37. 


30  PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Abraham  Scott,  farmer,  about  4  miles  north  of  town,  came  in 
1822;  1831-32. 

Moses  Wellman,  farmer,  2  miles  northwest;   1831-33. 

James  Brown,  of  West  Liberty,  settled  in  this  section  before 
181 1 ;  1832-40. 

William  Reader,  farmer,  3  miles  east;   1831-39. 

A.  H.  Lord,  physician,  came  from  Urbana  in  1823;  1832-40. 
Moses  Marquis,  farmer,  saw  mill,  2  miles  southeast;  1832-33. 
Joseph  Marquis,  farmer,  saw  mill,  2  miles  southeast;    1832-33, 
John  Robb,  farmer,  2  miles  east;  1832-33. 

Josiah  Moore,  farmer  and  tanner,  2  miles  north,  elder;  1832- 
40. 

James  Marquis,  farmer  near  Middleburg;  1832-37. 

William  Cook,  carpenter  and  farmer,  2  miles  east;  1832-33. 

William  Marquis,  farmer;  1832-33. 

James  Grimes,  farmer,  uncle  of  John  Grimes;   1832-33. 

John  Nelson,  farmer,  2  miles  ngrtheast;  1832-36. 

Isaac  Morrison,  farmer,  northeast;  1832-40. 

Thomas  Marquis,  farmer,  3  miles  northwest,  elder;  1832-33. 

Robert  McCoid,  farmer,  3  miles  east;  1832-33. 

John  McCracken,  farmer,  5  miles  southwest,  elder;  1832-41. 

James  D.  Campbell,  hatter,  elder,  died  in  Kennedy,  Texas; 
1832-40. 

Joseph  Clark,  farmer,  one  mile  north,  brother  of  Rev.  Thomas 
B.  Clark;  1832-33. 

John  Wilson,  carpenter,  1839-40. 

John  H.  Lamb,  blacksmith,  wagon  maker,  2  miles  north; 
1832-40. 

Thomas  McCoid,  farmer,  clerk,  etc.;   1836-40. 

John  Smith,  farmer,  8  miles  south,  (Brother  of  Judge  Robt.  S.) 
came  about  1811 ;  1836-37. 

John  Ash,  farmer,  6  miles  southwest;   1S36-39. 

H.  B.  Strother,  published  first  paper  here;  1836-40. 

Henry  Taylor,  farmer,  2  miles  southeast;  1836-40. 

Charles  Porter,  carpenter,  died  here;  1836-40. 

Peter  Leister,  proprietor  Leister  hotel,  South  Main  street, 
1836-41. 

B.  W.  Comly,  farmer,  1836-40. 
William  V.  Morrison,  farmer;  1836-41. 
David  Patterson,  elder,  merchant;  1836-41. 

James  C.  McKee,  farmer,  southwest  of  town;  1836-38. 


CONTRIBUTORS.  31 


James  Kerr,  farmer,  3  miles  northeast,  elder;  1836-40. 

William  Kerr,  farmer,  one  mile  north;  1836-40. 

John  Kerr,  farmer,  3  miles  northeast;  1836-40. 

Henry  Miller,  merchant.  1836-40. 

Joseph  Moore,  farmer,  2  miles  southwest,  father  of  Josiah  M,; 
1836-40. 

William  Kerr,  Jr.,  farmer,  north  of  town:    1836-40. 

Richard  Moore,  blacksmith,  Union  township;  1836-38. 

James  Irwin,  farmer,  one  mile  northwest;  1837-40. 

John  Faris,  farmer,  3  miles  northeast,  elder;  1837-41. 

Lt'  P.  Burton,  owned  the  stage  line  to  Columbus,  started  first 
Sabbath  school  at  Zanesfield  1838;  1838-40. 

Robert  S,  Gardner,  merchant,  brother  of  Isaac  S.  Gardner; 
1838-40. 

SOME  SUBSCRIBERS.  1825-26-27. 

Joseph  Gordon,  a  noted  mail  carrier  and  guide  in  the  war  of 
18 1 2,  later  probably  erected  first  building  in  Belief ontaine  on 
Boyd's  corner;  1825. 

Job  Davis;   1825. 

David  Askern,  farmer,  Miami  township;  1825, 

Rev.  Solomon  McColloch;  1825. 

D.  M.  Workman,  hotel  on  west  side  of  South  Main  street; 
1825. 

Joel  Smith,  one  of  the  first  settlers;  1825. 

John  Macolmson,  farmer.  Union  township;  1826. 

John  Schooler;  1826-27. 

Benj.  Schooler;  1826. 

Zane  McColloch;  1826. 

Daniel  McCoy,  lived  northeast  of  town  as  early  as  1810,  was  a 
brother-in-law  of  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis;  1826. 

James  M.  Reed,  came  here  in  181 2,  farmer,  McArthur  town- 
ship; 1826. 


REV.  JOSEPH  vSTEVENSON. 


32 


OUR   PASTORS.  33 


Our  Pastors. 


■•u'\<'W'^<'»gM,'' 


How  beauteous  are  thy  feet 

Who  stand  on  Zion'sHill; 

Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues. 

And  words  of  peace  reveal . 


REV.  JOSEPH  STEVENSON. 

BY    REV.    JOSEPH    H.     STEVEXSOX,    D.    D. 

CHE  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  was  born  March  25th,  1779,  in 
Hagerstown,  Maryland.  When  he  was  five  years  old  his 
mother  was  left  a  widow  with  nine  children.  Judge  James 
Edgar,  who  became  his  stepfather,  was  a  pious  man  of  high 
standing  in  church  and  state,  and  had  much  to  do  with  shaping 
the  youth's  character.  In  Joseph's  personal  memorandnm,  writ- 
ten in  his  seventy-sixth  year,  he  recorded:  "In  1794  I  was  bound 
an  apprentice  to  Malcom  McComb,  and  removed  sevent}'  miles  from 
my  friends  and  their  religious  influence,  where  there  was  much 
sin  and  little  appearance  of  religion."  But  he  was  graciously  pre- 
served from  evil,  and  was  regarded  by  all  his  acquaintances  as  a 
pious  youth,  though  personally  he  was  pained  and  humbled  by 
the  consciousness  of  his  own  unworlhiness. 

In  1800  he  began  business  for  himself  and  was  greatly  prosper- 
ed. He  listened  often  to  the  preaching  of  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Hughes,  but  not  until  severe  affliction  came  upon  him  in  1802, 
was  he  led  "With  unspeakable  joy  to  fix  his  affections  upon 
Christ"  and  almost  immediately  dismissed  his  men,  closed  his 
business,  and  began  preparations  for  the  ministry. 

In  1804,  August  21,  he  married  Sarah  Marquis,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Marquis,  under  whose  direction  he  studied  theology. 

He  was  licensed  to  preach,  October  15,  1808,  -and  was  ordain- 
ed in  June  of  the  next  year.  He  assumed  charge  of  the  churches 
of  "Three  Ridges"  and  "The  Forks  of  Wheeling"  in  1808.  In  181 2 
each  church  desired  the  whole  time  of  a  pastoi  and  Rev.  Mr.  Steven- 
son accepted  the  call  to  the  Three  R^idges  (West  Alexander.) 
During  this  pastorate  he  made  various  missionary  tours  in  the  ser- 
vice of  the  W^ashington   County   Bible   Society   and   also  for   the 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 


Synod  of  Pittsburg,  establishing  and. revisiting  a  mission  among 
the  Ottawa  Indians  in  the  region  now  known  as  northern  Ohio. 
In  1825  he  concluded  to  leave  the  Church  of  Three  Ridges  "for 
their  own  good,"  but  with  great  sorrow,  for  the  love  of  his  peo- 
ple was  very  strong.  Immediately  he  moved  to  Logan  county, 
Ohio,  where  he  owned  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land.  He  built  a 
house  a  mile  and  a  half  north  of  the  spot  on  which  the  Bellefon- 
taine  court  house  stands  and  from  this  center  went  forth  a  "vol- 
untary missionary"  throughout  Logan  and  adjacent  counties,  in 
all  of  which  there  was  not  a  Presbyterian  minister  and  but  few 
members.     During  the  first  two  years  he  organized  the  churches  of 

Sidney  and  Stony  Creek.  In 
1828  he  organized  the  first  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  Belief on- 
taine,  with  thirty  members. 
He  gave  one-half  of  his  time  to 
Bellefontaine,  one-fourth  to 
Stony  Creek,  and  the  rest  to 
Cherokee. 

In  1844,  becauseof  his  wife's 
failing  health  and  his  own,  he 
resigned  from  his  Bellefontaine 
charge  and  retired  from  the 
care  of  his  farm.  July  25th, 
1849,  liis  wife  died. 

Rev.  Mr  Stevenson  was  not 
content  with  his  gift  of  one- 
tenth,  though  his  yearly  income 
was  only  I250  during  his  wife's 
life,  and  he  increased  the  Lord's 
portion  to  one-fifth. 

In  his  seventy-sixth  year 
he  canvassed  Logan  county  for  the  Bible  Society.  He  delivered 
47  addresses,  formed  17  auxiliaries,  distributed  1,200  Bibles,  and  col- 
lected over  $400  for  the  society.  March  25,  1861  he  made  the  fol- 
lowing record:  "The  last  year  has  been  one  of  great  mercy.  My 
life  in  a  great  measure  useless,  has  been  spared,  while  many  in  the 
prime  of  life  have  been  called  home."  After  a  happy  and  peaceful 
life  in  the  midst  of  devoted  children  he  died,  February  24,   1865. 


MRS.  SARAH   STEVENSON. 


OUR    PASTORS.  35 


REV.  ROBERT  H.  ROLL  YD  AY,  D.  D. 

Robert  H.  Hollyda}-,  was  born  in  Ross  county, 
Ohio,  September  ist,  1815,  a  son  of  John  and  Eleanor  HoUyday. 
He  grew  up  in  and  became  a  member  of  South  Salem  Presbyterian 
church  in  early  life,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  James  H.  Dickey. 
He  graduated  at  Miami  University  in  1838.  He  was  taken  under 
the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  Chillicothe  in  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry.  He  pursued  his  theological 
studies  under  the  direction  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Crothers,  D.  D., 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Greenfield,  Ohio,  and  the 
Rev.  Hugh  S.  Fullerton,  pastor  of  the  church  at  South  Salem, 
Ohio.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Chillicothe,  Septem- 
ber 9th,  1840.  In  the  Spring  of  1840,  Mr.  HoUyday  met  Rev. 
Joseph  Stevenson,  of  Bellefontaine,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Ohio  Anti- 
Slavery  Society  at  Massillon,  Ohio. 

After  Mr.  HoUyday  was  licensed  in  the  fall  of  1840,  he  came 
to  a  meeting  of  the  Synod  of  Cincinnati,  at  Dayton,  during  the 
month  of  October.  Here  he  met  and  renewed  his  acquaintance 
with  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson,  resulting  in  Mr.  HoUyday  accepting 
the  invitation  of  Mr.  Stevenson  to  accompany  him  to  his  home  at 
Bellefontaine.  This  he  did,  calling  on  their  way  on  the  Rev.  David 
Merrill,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Urbana,  and  spend- 
ing the  night,  the  next  day  stopping  at  West  Liberty,  where  Mr. 
Stevenson  was  anxious  that  a  Presbyterian  church  should  be  organ- 
ized, and  th'en  calling  again  at  the  home  of  Robert  Patterson,  Esq., 
one  of  the  leading  elders  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  in  Belle- 
fontaine The  following  Sabbath  Mr.  HoUyday  preached  in  the 
First  Presbyterian  church,  and  it  was  arranged  that  for  the  next 
six  months  he  should  preach  for  the  church  each  alternate  Sabbath, 
the  other  half  of  his  time  to  be  spent  at  Stony  Creek  church  and 
in  the  West  Liberty  appointment.  During  this  time  Mr.  Holly- 
day  made  his  home  with  the  family  of  Robert  Patterson.  It 
was  during  this  six  months  that  the  old  square  church  building 
was  transferred  to  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,  and  the  First 
church  for  a  time  used  the  old  court  house  for  their  services,  and 
there  Mr.  HoUyday  preached  during  the  remainder  of  his  time 
with  the  church.  After  the  close  of  the  six  months  supply  by  Mr. 
HoUyday,  his  entire  time  was  given  to  the  Stony  Creek  church 
and  the  mission  work  in  West  Liberty.  This  work  was  successful 
to  such  a  degree  that  a  church  was  organized,   which  afterwards 


REV.  ROBERT  H.  HOI,I,YDAY. 


36 


OUR   PASTORS. 


37 


extended  a  call  to  Mr.  Hollyday,    and   he  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled by  the  Presbytery  of  Sidney. 

On  January  nth,  1842,  Rev.  Mr.  Hollyday  and  Miss  Lydia  Anne 
Patterson  were  united  in  marriage,  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  offi- 
ciating. Miss  Patterson  was,  and  had 
been  for  a  length  of  time  before,  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Bellefontaine.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1842,  Rev.  Mr.  Hollyday  having 
resigned  the  pastorate  of  the  church 
in  West  Liberty,  accepted  an  invi- 
tation of  the  First  Presbyterian  church 
of  Findlay,  Ohio,  and  removed  to 
Findlay.  In  the  spring  of  1843  he 
was  installed  as  pastor,  a  relation 
which  continued  until  the  spring  of 
1854.  Rev.  Mr.  Hollyday  has  con- 
tinued his  residence  in  Findlay  from 
the  fall  of  1842  to  the  present  time, 
nearly  57  years,  with  the  exception  of 
six  years,  from  the  spring  of  1858  to 
the  spring  of  1864,  during  which  time 
he  was  pastor  of  Rockhill  church,  with  a  regular  appointment  in 
Bellaire,  and  the  church  in  Upper  Sandusky,  returning  to  Findlay 
in  the  spring  of  1864. 

Rev.    Mr.  Hollyday   is   now   in   his  85th  year,   having  spent 

about  50  years  in  the  regular  work  of  the  ministry,  and  13  different 

churches  and  fields  of  labor  have  shared  in  his  ministerial  efforts. 

In  1893  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon 

him  by  his  Alma  Mater,  Miami  University. 

REV.  GEORGE  A.  GREGG. 

George  A,  Gregg  was  born  October  18,  1808,  near  Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  and  died  in  Bellefontaine,  O.,  January  18,  1854. 

He  was  a  graduate  of  Miami  University,  Oxford,  Ohio;  also  a 
graduate  of  the  Theological  Seminary  there. 

In  1842  he  accepted  a  call  to  St.  Marys,  Ohio,  remaining  there 
until  the  spring  of  1844,  when  he  was  called  to  Bellefontaine, 
where  he  remained  as  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  un- 
til his  death. 


MRS.  LYDIA  A.  HOLLYDAY. 


38  PRESBVTERIAX  CHURCH  HISTORV. 


He  was  ordained  in  the  fall  of  1844  in  the  little  brick  church 
on  South  Main  street,  Belief  on  taine. 

See  address,  "The  Pastors." 

"He  is  remembered  for  his  faithfulness  and  self-den3-ing 
labors." — Dr.  KAlb. 

He  married  Susan  M.  Dewitt.  the  youngest  daughter  of  Zach- 
aria  Price  Dewitt,  October,  1833.  Susan  M.  Gregg  died  April  20, 
1896,  aged  83.     Their  children  are  as  follows: 

Harriett  Gregg,  born  July  4,  1S35,  married  James  Akey;  resi- 
dence, New  Haven,  Ind. 

Elizabeth  Gregg,  born  January  17,  1838;  married  William 
Mackey;  residence,  Pleasanton,  Kan. 

Marshall  Gregg,  born  June  30,  1840;  married;  residence,  South 
Dakota. 

Maria  Caroline  Gregg,  born  November  19,  1842;  married  John 
Willson;  residence,  Hebron,  Porter  county,  Ind. 

George  Dewitt  Gregg,  born  September  2,  1844;  married;  resi- 
dence, Hebron,  Ind. 

William  S.  Gregg,  born  March  31,  1847;  single;  residence, 
Hebron,  Ind. 

Mary  Almedia  Greg^,  born  February  29,  1850;  married  John 
Sigler;  residence,  DeMott,  Jasper  county,  Ind. 

REV.  EDVVIX  B.  RAFFENSPERGER.  D.  D. 

BY  MRS.  AXXA  F.  RAFFKXSP  ERGER. 

Edwin  B.  Raffensperger,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Bowman 
Raffensperger,  was  born  in  East  Berlin,  Adams  county.  Pa.,  Janu- 
uary  20,  1824.  Removed  to  Springfield,  Ohio,  in  1836.  United 
with  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Springfield  in  184 1.  Spent 
two  years  preparing  for  college  at  the  high  school,  under  the  in- 
struction of  Rev.  Chandler  Robbins.  Entered  the  Freshmen  class 
in  Princeton,  N.  J.,  August,  1845.  Was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1849.  Entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Princeton  the  same 
year  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1852.  Was  licensed  b}-  the 
Presbytery  of  Carlisle,  June,  1851.  Was  called  to  the  First  Presby- 
terian church  of  Urbana,  Ohio,  October,  1852;  installed  as  pastor, 
Ma}-,  1853.  Released  from  the  pastorate,  October,  1854.  During 
his  pastorate  a  new  church  edifice  was  built  and  dedicated,  which 
was  occupied  by  the  church  until    1895. 


REV.   EDWIN   B.    RAFFENSPERGER,  D.  D. 


39 


40 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Mr.  Raffensperger  was  married  to  Anna  Frances  Whiting,  of 
Johnson,  Vermont,  at  Urbana,  November  i6,  1854,  by  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Cox. 

November  6,  1854,  he  was  invited  to  the  charge  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  of  Bellefontaine,  Ohio.  Was  installed  pastor, 
July  13,  1855.     His  services  continued  in  Bellefontaine  until  April, 

1859. 

He  became  pastor-elect  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of 
Toledo,  Ohio,  April,  1859;  resigned  in  September,  1868.  He  then 
spent  a  year  in  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  in  labors  for  Wilson  cr liege. 
Was  called  as  pastor  to  the  Westminster  Presbyterian  church  of 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  April,  1870;  resigned 
April,  1873.  At  once  invited  to  the 
pastorate  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Cumberland,  Maryland. 
He  was  installed  October,  1873,  and 
resigned  October,  1877.  Was  engaged 
in  editorial  work  in  Philadelphia  the 
next  four  years.  In  October.  188 1,  he 
took  charge  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Marion,  Ohio;  closed  his 
services  there  in  June,  1884.  Com- 
menced his  labors  with  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  of  Muncy.  Pa., 
Jul3%  1884.  Translation  to  the  ^  Gen- 
eral Assembly  and  Church  of  the  First 
Born,"  May  i,  1885. 

In  September,  1861,  having  been 
granted  leave  of  absence  b}'  this 
church  in  Toledo,  he  entered  the  army  as  chaplain  of  the  14th 
O.  V.  I.,  under  the  command  of  Col.  James  B.  Steedman.  He  re- 
mained with  the  army  until  late  in  the  fall  of  1862,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Toledo  very  low  with  fever.  In  January,  1863,  he 
resigned  his  chaplaincy  by  advice  of  his  ph3'^sician  and  resumed 
his  ministerial  labors. 

He  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  trustees  of  Wooster  Univer- 
sit}-,  having  been  one  of  its  most  enthusiastic  founders.  He  was 
also  a  trustee  of  the  Chicago  Theological  Seminary  for  several 
years. 

The  honorary  degrees  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  were  bestowed  by 
Princeton  College,  and  that  of  D.  D.  by  Heidleberg  College. 


MRS.    A.    F.   RAFFENSPERGER. 


OUR   PASTORS. 


41 


Dr.  Raffensperger  was  an  earnest  worker  in  the  Master's  Vine- 
yard. That  he  was  an  able  preacher,  there  are  many  still  living, 
to  testify.  That  he  was  successful  in  winning  souls  to  Christ 
many  on  earth  and  in  heaven  will  bear  record.  His  passion  for 
souls  never  left  him,  and  in  his  dying  hours  he  prayed  by  name 
for  several  persons  whom  he  longed  to  see  brought  to  Christ.  His 
death  was  a  fitting  end  of  his  active  life.  "Thy  will  be  done," 
thrice  repeated,  were  his  last  words. 

REV.  GEORGE  P.  BERGEN. 

Rev.  George  P.  Bergen,  son  of  David  C.  Bergen,  and  in  the 
seventh  generation  from  Hans  H.  Bergen,  of  Bergen,  Norway,  was 
born  January  i,  18:^0,  and  married  Mary  E.  Bentley,  of  Albany, 
New  York. 

Mr.  Bergen  graduated  at  Center  College,  and  studied  divinity 
at  Princeton.  He  was  first  settled  for  a  number  of  years  at  Spring- 
dale,  near  Cincinnati,  and  then  accepted  an  appointment  in  the 
field  of  Domestic  Missions  at  Omaha,  Nebraska. 

After  remaining  two  years,  his 
health  failing,  he  returned  to  Ohio, 
and  accepted  the  call  of  this  church, 
beginning  his  labors  here,  August  22, 

1859. 

His  pastorate  expired  the  first 
Sunday  in  June,  1863,  when  ht  re- 
moved to  Iowa. 

"These  were  years  of  great  polit- 
ical excitement;  nevertheless  the 
church  had  a  steady  growth  under  his 
ministry." — dr.  kai^b. 

For  further  data  concerning  Mr. 
Bergen,  see  address  "The  Pastors"  by 
Dr.  Fuller. 

His  children  were  Paul  David 
Bergen,  born  here  July  19,  i860,  (See 
chapter,  "Those  who  have  gone  into 
the  Ministry  and  Mission  Field,")  and  George  Bentley  Bergen, 
born  here  June  11,  1862. 


MRS.  GEORGE   P.   BERGEN. 


REV.  GEORGE  P.  BERGEN. 


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OUR   PASTORS.  45 


DR.  GEORGE  LE^V^IS   KAL.B. 

George  Lewis,  second  son  of  George  W.  and  Margaret  Clay- 
baugh  Kalb,  was  born  in  Franklin  county,  Ohio,  September  12, 
1829,  in  the  bounds  of  the  Truro  Presbyterian  church.  From  his 
seventh  year,  for  eight  terms,  he  attended  the  country  schools  of 
his  neighborhood,  studied  Latin  a  year  with  his  pastor,  and,  after 
one  term  in  the  Preparatory  Department,  entered  the  Freshman 
class  of  Miami  University  in  the  fall  of  1844.  He  had,  however, 
but  three  years  of  college,  as  ill  health  in  the  summer  and  fall  of 
1845  compelled  him  to  remain  at  home  one  year;  but,  by  studying 
alone,  he  was  able  to  enter  the  Junior  class  on  examination  in  the 
fall  of  1846.  In  his  Senior  year,  with  others,  he  removed  to 
Center  College,  Danville,  Kentucky,  and  graduated  thence  June  30, 
1848. 

He  had  united  with  the  Truro  church  in  March,  1843,  and  was 
dedicated  by  his  parents  to  the  ministry.  But,  not  feeling  much 
vocation  in  that  direction,  in  the  fall  of  1848  he  accepted  an  invi- 
tation to  teach  the  Greek  and  Latin  classes  in  the  Chillicothe 
Academy,  then  under  the  charge  of  Wm.  T.  Findley,  D.  D.  Here 
he  taught  and  read  law  'till  August,  1849;  but  being  turned  towards 
the  ministry  by  a  musical  friend,  he  entered  the  A.  R.  P.  Semin- 
ary at  Oxford,  Ohio,  that  fall,  and  had  the  benefit  of  the  teaching 
of  the  learned  Dr.  Claybaugh.  In  1850,  the  Cincinnati  Seminary, 
under  Drs.  Hoge,  Rice  and  Lord,  being  opened,  he  entered  it  and 
graduated  from  it  in  March,  1852.  Meanwhile,  he  had  been 
licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Columbus  in  April,  185 1,  and  preach- 
ed four  months  during  vacation  at  mission  points  in  Pickaway  and 
Ross  counties.  He  also  preached  six  anonths  during  his  last  Sem- 
inary term  at  Cheviot,  Ohio.  After  graduation,  he  supplied  his 
native  church,  of  Truro,  seven  months.  In  October,  1852,  on 
invitation,  he  began  work  in  the  O.  S.  Presbyterian  church  of 
Circleville,  Ohio,  where  he  was  ordained  pastor.  May  31,  1853. 
Here  he  continued  as  pastor  or  supply  'till  September  6,  1863. 
September  13,  1863,  he  began  work  in  the  Presbyterian  church, 
of  Belief ontaine,  where  he  was  installed  pastor  in  April,  1864.  Here 
he  continued  thirty-five  years  and  one  month,  the  pastorate  clos- 
ing on  his  resignation  and  by  order  of  Presbytery,  October  2,  1898. 
By  the  same  action  of  Presbytery  he  was   made   Pastor   Emeritus. 

From  these  forty-seven  and  a  half  years  of  nearly  continuous 
service  of  the  church,  seven  months  must  be  subtracted;  four  of 
service  in  the  field  as  chaplain  of  the   90th  O.  V.  I.,  and   three   of 


REV.  GEORGE  I^EWIS  KALB,  D.  D. 


44 


OUR   PASTORS. 


45 


ill  health  in   1866,  when   the   church   kindly   gave   him   leave   of 
absence  and  money  to  travel  with. 

November  30,  1853,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary  E., 
daughter  of  George  R.  and  Margaret  Cook  Bigham,  of  Hamilton, 
Ohio.  To  them  six  children  have  been  born;  three  daughters  and 
three  sons.  The  youngest,  a  son,  died  in  infancy.  The  rest  are 
living  and  married,  and  to  them  fourteen  children  have  been  born, 
two  of  whom  have  died. 

In  1872  Dr.  Kalb  received  the 
degree  of  A.  M.  from  Wittenberg 
college,  and  in  1875  that  of  D.  D. 
from  Wooster  University. 

Besides  being  School  Examiner 
for  forty-five  years,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Education,  of  Belief  on 
taine,  eighteen  years,  and  Clerk  of  the 
Board  seventeen  years  and  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  of  Woos- 
ter University,  twelve  years;  and  he 
has  fitted  many  for  college  by  private 
instruction.  He  believes  that  a  minis- 
ter may  interest  himself  in  the  work 
of  education,  as  he  ought  not  to  do 
in  any  other  pursuit  apart  from  hir. 
MARY  E.  KALB.  sacred  calling. 


DR.  GEORGE  LEWIS    KAT.B. 

By  one  who  has  been  closely  connected  with  him  during  almost  his   en- 
tire ministry  here. 


Dr.  Kalb  has  spent  of  his  life  more  than  the  days  of  a  genera- 
tion with  his  church  in  Bellefontaine,  and  his  service  of  this  church 
has  been  so  faithful  and  so  able  that  only  at  his  own  sincere 
and  earnest  request  was  he  permitted  to  resign  his  charge  at  near- 
ly three  score  and  ten,  and  was  then  continued  by  the  unanimous 
wish  of  the  church  as  Pastor  Emeritus. 

He  has  been  zealous  for  the  welfare  of  Zion,  a  devoted  servant 
of  the  Master,  a  good  shepherd  of  his  flock,  a  man  of  sincerity,  a 
son  of  God  who  ever  grieved  for  his  wayward  brothers,  and  a  ten- 
der comforter  of   the   sorrowing.     As   a    preacher    he    has    been 


46  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

instant  in  season  and  out  of  season,  in  presenting  the  sincere 
milk  of  the  Word,  striving  to  show  himself  approved  of  the 
Master. 

A  hard  student,  he  searched  out  the  hidden  things  of  the 
Word,  and  every  sermon  was  full  of  instruction  and  food  for 
thought.  His  studious  habits  and  analytical  mind  made  him  a 
Bible  exegete  who  had  few  peers,  and  those  who  sat  down  at  his 
table  always  knew  that  every  text  he  served  would  develop  hid- 
den treasure  and  delightful  surprises. 

Faithfulness,  studiousness,  sincerity,,  humility  and  devotion 
to  the  Master  have  been  the  strongest  characteristics  of  his  life. 
Many  years  he  has  sown  the  Word  of  Truth  and  the  Master  has 
gathered  the  harvest  in  hundreds  of  souls  that  now  belong  to  the 
church  triumphant,  and  in  a  membership  that  is  now  three  times 
in  number  those  that  greeted  him  when  he  came  to  Bellefontaine 
a  stranger,  in  1863. 

Outside  the  church  Dr.  Kalb  has  been  an  honored  citizen, 
who  has  given  his  aid  and  encouragement  to  all  good  measures, 
and  has  taken  upon  himself  many  burdens  for  the  public  good. 
First  before  all  a  servant  of  Christ,  yet  he  has  rendered  to  Caesar 
the  things  that  are  Caesar's,  and  has  always  been  an  intelligent 
observer  of  public  events,  an  earnest  seeker  after  the  public  good, 
and  a  man  who  righteously  respected  the  rights  of  his  fellow  men. 

Born  in  a  christian  land,  reared  by  christian  parents,  educated 
under  christian  influences  he  has  exemplified  the  best  results  of 
christian  teaching  and  example,  and  has  lived  to  point  and  lead 
his  fellow  men  away  from  the  sorrows  and  darkness  of  a  sinful 
world  to  a  better  life. 

(3      (^ 
THIRTY-FIVE  YEARS. 

"Thirty-five  years  of  pastor's  life, 
Who  may  their  secret  tell; 
The  hopes,  the  fears,  the  joys,  the  griefs, 
Which  in  their  memory  dwell. 

"Thirty-five  years  he's  sowed  and  prayed 
In  this  his  chosen  field. 
The  harvest  morn  alone  will  show 
What  fold  his  labors  yield. 

"Thirty-five  years  the  babes  he  blessed, 
Sprinkling  each  angel  brow. 
Bear  here  the  cross,  or  there  the  crown, 
I<ife  brings  her  workers  now. 


OUR  PASTORS.  47 


"Thirty-five  years — yon  white  stones  tell 
How  oft  a  tear  he's  shed 
O'er  those  who  battled  by  his  side, 
Now  with  the  silent  dead. 

"Thirty-five  years  the  youth  he  taught, 
With  ever  watching  care, 
Have  show^n  in  many  a  contest  won, 
The  guidings  of  his  prayer. 

"We  cannot  tell  what  word  or  look 
May  stir  the  soul  within. 
We  may  not  guess  what  gentle  tone 
Will  win  the  heart  from  sin. 

"'Tis  ours  to  sow,  though  cold  the  sky, 
And  sterile  be  the  soil; 
Not  for  the  sheaves  the  Master  pays. 
But  for  his  servant's  toil. 

"The  pastor's  words  some  mother  now 
In  hope  may  sow  again ; 
And  future  years  will  proudly  show 
How  waves  the  golden  grain. 

"The  purblind  world  may  never  know 
From  whence  the  seed  corn  came. 
The  reapers  on  her  prairies  broad 
Ne'er  hear  our  pastor's  name. 

"God  knows  the  sower  and  his  toil. 
He  know^s  from  whence  the  seed. 
His  memory  keepeth  all  the  score, 
His  love  will  bring  the  meed. 

"Brother,  amid  old  lyOgan's  hills. 
Still  sow  the  precious  grain. 
The  Master's  eye  will  watch  its  growth; 
Will  bring  the  sun  and  rain. 

"The  sun  is  westing  and  the  day 
Grows  gray  amid  thy  hair. 
Fear  not,  the  God  who  watched  the  past 
Will  guide  thy  foot  with  care. 

"Not  for  earth's  riches  hast  thou  wrought, 
Nor  for  his  servile  breath. 
Thy  Master's  word  comes  cheering  still — 
Be  faithful  unto  death." 


REV.  GEORGE  EWING  DAVIES. 


48 


OUR   PASTORS. 


49 


REV.  GEORGE  EWING  DAVIES. 

George  E.  Davies,  son  of  John  R.  and  H.  Catherine  Davies, 
was  born  September  lo,  1868,  at  Princeton,  Kansas. 

His  grandfather,  James  Davies,  of  Welch  ancestry,  was  wide- 
ly known  as  a  Presbyterian  minister  in  Central  Illinois.  His  mother 
was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent  and  a  relative  of  Robert  Morris,  of  Rev- 
olutionary fame. 

Mr.  Davies  attended  Princeton  schools  until  he  entered  Baker 
University  in  1884.  Teaching  and  studying  alternately  he  finished 
the  classical  course  there  in  1891,  editing,  while  there,  the  college 
weekly,  "Baker  Beacon." 

He  did  post  graduate  work  in  sociology  for  one  year  at  Lake 
Forest  University,  and  entered  McCormick  Theological  Seminary, 
Chicago,  in  the  fall  of  1891,  graduating  in  1894. 

His  vacations  were  spent  in 
Sunday-School  Mission  work  in 
Western  Minnesota  and  South 
Dakota,  and  in  supplying  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Granville, 
Illinois. 

On  graduation  from  the  Sem- 
inary he  accepted  a  call  from  Beth- 
any Presbyterian  church.  Fort 
Wayne,  Indiana,  then  recently 
organized,  having  only  about  sixty 
members.  His  ministry  there  ter- 
minated March  i,  1899,  the  church 
having  q.uadrupled  its  membership 
and  erected   a   handsome,  modern 


MRS.  MABELLE  A.  DAVIES. 


edifice. 


He  was  installed  as  pastor  of  this  church  April  23,  1899.  Mr. 
Davies  married  September  12,  1894,  Miss  Mabelle  A.  Currie,  of 
Currie,  Minnesota.  Children: — Katherine  C,  John  A.  V,  and 
Paul  Ewing  Davies. 


50 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


THE  ELDERS. 


^(*»W'WM<M.M.f 


'•L,et  the  elders  that  rule  well  te  counted  worthy  of  double  hotior." 


JOSHUA    ROBB. 

Joshua  Robb  was  born  in  Fayette  county,  Pa.,  about  the  year 
1786.  Was  married  in  Washington  county,  Pa,,  to  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis,  Augvist  27,  1807,  and  between  1812 
and  181 5  he  came  to  Ohio  and  located  in  Guernsey  county,  from 
where  he  moved  to  Logan  county  before  1828.     Here  he  and   his 

wife  joined  the  First  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Bellefon- 
taine,  by  certificate  from  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Cross 
Creek  Village,  Pa.,  in  1828. 
He  was  elected  one  of  our  first 
three  elders,  and  the  first 
superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day-school. In  1836  he  be- 
came an  elder  of  the  Second 
church. 

About    1849  or    1850   he 

removed  toZanesfield,  where 

he  assisted  in  organizing  the 

Presbyterian  church,  of  that 

place,  on  January    u,    185 1, 

consisting     of      thirty-three 

members,  at  which   time   he 

was  again  elected  an    elder; 

but   in     1852    he    moved    to 

JOSHUA  KOBB.  Umsi,    Allcu   county,    Ohio, 

and   identified   himself   with    the    Presbyterian    church    of    that 

place,    and   was   subsequently    chosen    an    elder    there,    serving 

that  chtirch  in  that  capacity  till  his  death  on  January  26,    1865. 


THE   ELDERS. 


51 


JOHN  AVILSON  MARQUIS. 

John  Wilson  Marquis,  son  of  James  and  Mary  Vance  Marquis, 
was  born  about  1780,  probably  in  Washington  county.  Pa. 

He  married  Susannah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis, 
his  first  cousin,  in  Washington  county,  Pa.,  about  18 10.  He  came 
to  Bellefontaine  about  1826.  Mr.  Marquis  purchased  a  farm  situ- 
ated about  2  miles  southeast  of  Bellefontaine,  now  owned  by 
Luther  Park,  where  he  resided  during  his  subsequent  life.  He 
was  an  original  member  and  elder  and  continued  as  such  until  his 
death  in  December,  1856.  He  was  a  little  deaf,  and  while  walking 
on  the  railroad  track  north  of  Bellefontaine,  was  .struck  b}'  a  train 
and  killed.     Mrs.  Marquis  died  September  5,  1846. 

Their  children  were: — Jane,  married  Henry  Taylor;  John  and 
James,  who  died  voung. 

ROBERT   PATTERSON. 

Robert  Patterson,  the  second  son  of  Rev.  James  Patterson,  a 
Presbyterian  minister,  and  Elizabeth  Whiteside,  was  born  in 
Bailee,  Count}'^  Down, 
Ireland,  January  6,  1789. 
He  arrived  in  the  United 
States  July  3,  181 1.  In 
October  of  the  same  year, 
settled  in  Licking  coun- 
ty, Ohio,  and  was  a 
founder  and  original  el- 
der of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Mar}^  Ann, 
Licking  county,  and  was 
there  united  in  marriage 
to  Eliza  S.  Moore,  April 
I,  J 81 9.  They  removed 
to  Bellefontaine,  Ohio, 
in  September,  1824. 
There  being  no  Presbyter- 
ian church  here  at  that 
time,  he  and  his  good 
wife  brought  their  letters 
from  the  church  in  Licking  county,  and  united  with  the  church 
at  Cherokee,  where  they  were  members  until  the  organization  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  at  Bellefontaine,  in  1828,  at  which   time 


ROBERT   PATTERSON. 


52  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Mr.  Patterson  was  made  a  ruling  elder.  Several  of  the  early 
recoids  of  the  church  were  written  by  him  as  clerk  of  the    Session 

He  was  a  prominent  merchant  and  business  man.  Was  presi- 
dent of  the  Bellefontaine  &  Delaware  R.  R. 

He  died  at  Findlay,  Ohio,  September  8,  1867,  in  his  79th  year, 
at  the  home  of  his  son-in-law,  Rev.  R.  H.  Hollyday,  while  on  a 
visit  there  with  his  children.  His  remains  were  brought  here  and 
buried  in  the  Bellefontaine  cemetery. 

THOMAS  MARQUIS. 

Thomas  Marquis  was  born  in  Frederick  county,  Va.,  October  2, 
1767;  was  married  in  Frederick  county  to  Miss  Joanna  Hoge,  Janu- 
ary II,  1790,  and  died  in  Montgomery  county,  Ohio,  October    19, 

1851. 

He  moved  from  Frederick  county,  Va. ,  to  Cross  Creek  Village, 
Washington  county.  Pa.,  where  he  was  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
church.  Thence  he  moved  to  Crab  Apple,  Belmont  county,  Ohio, 
where  he  was  an  elder.  Thence  to  Martinsburgh,  Knox  county, 
Ohio,  where  he  was  an  elder.  Thence  in  1832  to  Bellefontaine, 
Ohio,  where  he  was  an  elder  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  from 
April  22,  1833,  to  April,  1836,  and  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
church  from  April,  1836  to  1850. 

Mrs.  Joanna  died  April  26,  i860,  aged  87. 

{»    {I 
JOHN  McCRACKEN. 

John  McCracken,  son  of  Robert,  (born  in  May,  1765,)  and 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Wm.  McClellan,  of  Adams  County,  Pa., 
and  grandaughter  of  William,  of  Colerain,  Ireland,  was  born  in 
1789,  in  Gettysburg,  Penn.  He  married,  April  14,  1814,  Ann 
Waugh. 

Mr.  McCracken  came  to  Bellefontaine  in  1833,  from  Muskin- 
gum county,  Ohio. 

He  united  with  this  church  April  20,  1833,  by  letter  from  Salt 
Creek  (Ohio)  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  he  had  been  an 
elder. 

He  was  ordained  an  elder  April  22,  1836.  He  removed  in  the 
spring  of  1842  to  the  West  Liberty  church,  and  died  in  West  Lib- 
erty, September  i,  1855,  aged  66. 

His  children  were: — Margaret  Kesia,  married  Samuel  Hover; 
David  Waugh,  married  Sarah  C.  Hover;  Jane  Eliza,  married 
James  Kerr;  Robert,  married  Sarah   C,  Irwin;  Sarah   A.,  married 


THE  ELDERS. 


53 


David  W.  Lyon;  JMilton  M.,  married  Mary  Jane  Seegar;  Martha 
Ellen,  married  Wm.  Hubbard;  Mary  Ann,  married  Thos,  L. 
Kerr;  and  Nancy. 

JAMES  KERR. 

James  Kerr,  son  of  James  Kerr,  (see  Kerr  family  genealogy,) 
was  born  near  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  November,  1778,  where  he  grew  to 
manhood  and  whence  he  moved,  with  his  father  and  family, 
to  Harrison  county,  Ohio,  in  the  spring  of  1850. 

He  joined  the  Presbyterian  church  early  in  life,  and  in  about 
the  year  1830  was  elected  a  ruling  elder  in  the  Beech  Spring 
Presbyterian  church. 

In  the  spring  of  1836  he,  with  his  family,  removed  to  a  farm 
near  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  and  was  soon  after,  August  22,  1836, 
made  a  ruling  elder  in  this  church,  and  served  with  faith  and  zeal 
until  his  death,  August  30th,  1846,  aged  67. 

DAVID  PATTERSON. 

David  Patterson  and 
wife,  Eleanor  McCracken, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Mar- 
garet (McClellan)  McCrack- 
en, were  born  at  Gettysburg, 
Pa. ;  belonged  to  the  Presby- 
terian church  called  Marsh 
Creek  church,  near  Gettys- 
burg. They  were  married 
October  27,  1818.  They 
came  to  Ohio  in  1819  and 
settled  near  Zanesville.  He 
remained  there  until  he  came 
to  Bellefontaine  in  the  year 
1824,  where  he  resided  un- 
til the  year  1841,  when  he 
went  to  Oxford,  Ohio. 

He    lived    in     Conners- 
ville,    Indiana,    and   was   an 
DAVID  PATTERSON.  cldcr    of     thc     Presbytcrian 

church  there  several  years  before  his  return  to  Logan  county  in  1851. 


54 


PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORV. 


He  first  united  with  this  church  in  1835;  was  ordained  elder 
August  22,  1836.     He  died  May  16,  187 1,  aged  75. 

Mrs.  Eleanor  died  here  December  8,  1870,  aged  79  years. 

Children: — Margaret  J.,  married  Mathew  W.  Pollock;  Eliza 
Ann,  married  Rev.  Nathan  R,  Johnston;  Augusta,  married  John 
C.  Davis;  Robert  McC,  married  Eleanor  Royster;  Mary  M., 
married  Alex.  B.  Irving;  John  W.;  married  Martha  Wren. 

ABRAHAM   BOYD. 

Abraham  Boyd  was  born  in  Allegheny  count}-,  Pa.,  within  the 
limits  of  Bull  Creek  church,  May  4,  18 10.  His  people  moved  to 
Trumbull  county,  Ohio,  when  he  was  four  years  old.  About  the 
first  of  March,  1837,  he  came  to  Allen  county,  and  was  married  to 
Maria  B.  Hover,  March  9th, 
of  the  same  year.  He  went 
to  Bellefontaine  in  1842  to 
nurse  his  wife's  mother, 
Mrs.  Ezekiel  Hover,  and 
soon  after  her  death,  about 
1844,  came  back  to  his 
farm  in  Shawnee  township, 
Allen  county,  Ohio,  where 
he  now  resides,  having  sur- 
vived his  entire  family,  ex- 
cepting a  son  and  daughter 
and  one  brother.  He  was  an 
elder  of  this  church  from  No- 
vember 24,  1842,  until  his 
return  to  Allen  count}-.  He 
is  now  a  ruling  elder  in  the 
Presbyterian  church  of  South 
Main  street,  Lima,  and  is  a 
regular  attendant  on  the  Sab- 
bath morning  service  and 
Sunday-school. 

Maria  Belinda  Hover  was  born  in  Duck  Creek,  Trumbull 
county,  Ohio.  She  came  to  the  Shawnee  Village,  Allen  county, 
May  I,  1833;  was  married  to  Abraham  Boyd,  March  9,  1837,  and 
died  April  25,  1875. 


ABRAHAM  BOVD. 


THE  ELDERS. 


55 


Their  daughter,  Sallie  C,  born  on  the  farm  where  she  now 
lives,  Februar}^  3,  1845,  was  married  March  12,  1868,  to  J.  H,  Berry- 
man. 

JOHIV  FARIS. 

John  Faris,  born  in  1805,  came  to  Belief ontaine  from  Wheel- 
ing, Virginia,  in  1836. 
He  united  with  this  church 
by  letter  from  the  Forks  of 
Wheeling  church  January 
13.  1837.  He  was  a  ruling 
elder  in  the  First  Presbyter- 
ian church  of  Bellefontaine, 
from  November  23, 1842, until 
his  death.  He  died  at  his 
residence  in  Logan  county, 
Ohio,  on  the  23rd  day  of  Oc- 
tober, 1862,  in  the  57th  year 
of  his  life.  He  was  accustom- 
ed to  say  that  his  allotment 
was  all  he  could  wish ;  it  sel- 
dom falls  to  the  lot  of  man  to 
die  so  serenely. 

Mr.  Faris  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  first,  Ann, 
daughter  of  Arthur  Mor- 
rison, who  died  February  2, 
1837,  aged  26  years.  He 
married,  second,  Martha,  daughter  of  William  Yates,  who  died 
February  20,  1884,  aged  72. 

Their  children  were: — Grazella,  Harvey  R.,  Mary  Elizabeth, 
Samuel  L.,  Salmon  C,  William  D.,  Jno.  Stewart,  James  A.,  An- 
drew lyowrie. 

V  ¥ 
JAMES  D.  CAMPBELL.. 
James  D.  Campbell,  elder  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  of 
Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  was  born  in  Fayetteville,  North  Carolina,  in 
1803,  Immigrated  to  Bellefontaine  when  quite  a  young  man.  He 
was  converted  and  joined  the  Presbyterian  church.  Was  married 
to  Miss  Rhoda  Calendar,  of  Bellefontaine,  in  1832.  Moved  to 
Texas  in  1859,  where  he  was  an  earnest  worker  during  the  remain- 


JOHN    FARIS. 


56 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY 


der  of  his  life.  He  held  the 
office  of  elder  in  the  Presby- 
terian church  here  until 
his  removal  in  May,  1859, 
and  later  at  Helena  and 
Escondida,  Texas,  and  was 
Sunday-school  superintend- 
ent for  many  years. 

He  raised  a  family  of 
four  girls  and  four  bo3"s, 
five  of  whom  are  still  living 
and  married,  and  have 
large  families. 

He  died  December  22, 
1875,  near  Kennedy,  Texas. 

Mrs.  Campbell  still  re- 
sides in  Kennedy,  Texas. 


JAMES    D.    CAMPBELL. 


EZRA  BENNETT. 


EZRA    BENNETT. 

elder  in  this  church  November  28,  1846. 


Ezra  Bennett,  son  of 
Timothy  Bennett,  was  born 
March  13,  1812,  in  Cumber- 
land county.  New  Jersey. 
Left  fatherless,  at  the  age  of 
14,  he  learned  the  trade  of 
cabinet  maker  and  worked 
in  Cincinnati.  During  the 
year  of  1828,  he  was  in  busi- 
ness in  Springfield  and  New 
Vienna,  Ohio.  United  with 
the  Presbyterian  church  at 
Springfield,  August  30,  1828. 

He  married  Mary  A. 
Bryant,  July  10,  1834,  at  New 
Vienna,  Ohio.  He  was  made 
elder  in  Xenia,  Ohio,  in 
1 84 1.  He  read  law  and  com- 
menced its  practice  in  Belle  - 
fontaine  in  1845.     Was  made 

Was  elected    Prosecutor 


THE  Er.DERS. 


57 


and  Probate  Judge  of  Logan  county  in  1852.  In  1863  he  engaged 
in  the  undertaking  business  in  Bellefontaine,  at  the  corner  of  De- 
troit street  and  Columbus  avenue;  built  '  Bennett  Block,"  and 
later  added  furniture  to  his  business. 

He  died  August  22,  1889.  At  the  time  of  death  he  was  the 
oldest  elder  in  Bellefontaine,  and  had  served  this  church  in  that 
capacity  nearly  forty-three  years,  a  longer  time  than  any  other 
elder. 

THOMAS  MARQUIS   STEVENSON. 

Thomas  Marquis  Stevenson,  the  eldest  son  of  Rev.  Joseph 
Stevenson,  the  first  pastor  of  this  church,  and  Sarah  Marquis, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis,  was  born  in  West  Alexander. 
Pa.,  in  1807. 

In  his  19th  year  he  came 
with  his  father  to  Bellefon- 
taine and  assisted  in  building 
the  old  Stevenson  home- 
stead, and  in  "clearing"  the 
farm. 

In  September,  1828,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Judith 
Hover,  daughter  of  an  elder 
in  the  church  of  Cherokee, 
(now  Huntsville. )  He  built, 
the  house  and  cleared  the 
farm  now  occupied  by  his 
youngest  son,  David  M. 
Stevenson,  and  here  rais- 
ed a  large  family,  and  made 
his  home  until  the  last  year 
of  his  life. 

Although  living  an  ex- 
emplary christian  life,  and 
maintaining,  from  the  earl- 
iest recollection  of  his  children,  a  family  altar  whose  wor- 
ship, morning  and  evening,  always  included  the  reading  of 
the  Bible,  singing  and  prayer,  Mr.  Stevenson  did  not  unite  with 
the  church  until  his  daughter,  Sarah,  was  twelve  or  thirteen  years 


THOMAS  MARQUIS  STEVENSON. 


58  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

of  age,  about  1842-3,  when  they  were  received  together.  It  was 
his  custom  to  read  the  scriptures  "in  course"  in  family  \\orship, 
and  in  this  way  the  entire  volume  was  read  through  several  times; 
once  with  Scott's  "Comments"  and  "Practical  Observations."  It 
was  impossible  for  his  family  to  grow  up  in  ignorance  of  what  the 
Bible  contained,  and  very  naturally  they  all  came  into  the  church 
early  in  life. 

It  is  a  high  testimonial  to  his  christian  character  and  standing 
that  Mr.  Stevenson  was  not  many  years  a  communicant  before 
he  was  made  an  elder,  November  28,  1846.  Wise  in  counsel, 
excellent  in  judgment,  prudent  in  speech  and  blameless  in  life, 
"a  liberal  conservative,"  he  added  strength  to  the  Session,  and 
in  him  the  heart  of  his  pastor  "safely  trusted." 

He  frequently  represented  the  Session  of  this  church  in  the 
Presbytery  and  Synod,  and  in  1865  was  a  commissioner  to  the 
General  Assembly  from  the  Presbytery  of  Sidney. 

After  being  identified  with  this  congregation  from  his  infanc)', 
as  a  member  of  the  church  for  more  than  forty  years,  and  having 
served  in  the  Session  under  every  pastor,  except  his  father,  Mr. 
Stevenson  died  December  23rd,  1883,  in  the  77th  year  of  his  life, 
at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Silver,  at  Topeka,  Kansas. 

ROBERT  HENDERSON. 

Mr.  Robert  Henderson  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  June  8, 
1812.  He  moved  with  his  father,  when  still  a  little  boy,  to  Jeffer- 
son county,  Ohio,  where  he  lived  on  a  farm  until  he  was  married 
to  Margarett  McDewitt,  September  15,  1836;  they  moved  to  Utica, 
Ohio,  on  a  farm.  He  was  elder  there  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
for  five  or  six  years. 

He  moved  to  Bellefontaine  in  1846,  where  he  was  immediately, 
November  26,  1846,  elected  elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  serv- 
ing until  his  death,  July  8,  185 1,  aged  39  years  and  one  month. 

He  died  leaving  a  wife  and  three  children,  two  of  whom  are 
still  living: — Sarah  J.,  now  Mrs,  David  Anderson,  of  Kewanee, 
Illinois,  and  Mrs.  J.  G.  Walker. 

WILLIAM  GRABIEL  KENNEDY. 

William  Grabiel  Kennedy,  fifth  son  of  Joseph  and  Ann  Ken- 
nedy, was  born  near  Cumberland,  Pennsylvania,  August  10,  1810. 


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When  he  was  young  his  parents  moved  to  Milford  Center,  Union 
county,  Ohio,  where  he  was  raised.  He  left  there  for  Dayton, 
where  he  lived  some  time,  then  moved  near  Springfield,  Ohio,  and 
thence  to  Bellefontaine  in  1837.  Was  made  elder  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  November  26th,  1857. 


WILT4AM    GRABIEI,    KENNEDY. 

He  married  Mary  Edwards  Patterson  January  17th,  1839,  ^^^ 
died  March  5th,  1862.  He  was  a  merchant  and  prominent  busi- 
ness man  of  Bellefontaine  for  twenty  years. 

S.  ^V.   FULLER. 

S.  W.  Fuller,  son  of  Seth  and  Hannah  (daughter  of  Colonel 
Fisher,  of  Mass. )  Fuller,  was  born   January    25,   1814,  in   Athens 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


county,  Ohio.  Was  a  member  of  what  was  called  the  Sabbath- 
school  79  years  ago,  taught  by  his  father  with  possibly  some  ad- 
ditional help.  His  father  died  a  few  months  later  during  the  year 
1 82 1.  His  mother  survived  him  about  three  years  when  she  died, 
and  in  the  interval  between  their  deaths,  two  brothers,  younger 
than  himself,  were  called  away.  He  found  a  home  with  an  uncle, 
by  marriage,  in  Washington  county,  near  Parkersburg,  now  West 
Virginia.  He  remained  there  on  the  farm  until  his  majority. 
Shortly  afterwards  he  commenced  reading  medicine  in  the  office 
of  Dr.  John  Latton,  in  Marietta,  Ohio,  where  he  spent  two  years 
and  a  half  going  through  the  ordinary  text  books  and  doing  con- 
siderable reading  outside.  During  his  stay  in  Marietta,  in  1836 
he  united  with  the  Congregational  church  of  that  city.  He  attend- 
ed medical  lectures  in  Cincinnati  during  the  winter  of  1837-8,  and 
began  practice  in  West  Lil^erty,  Ohio,  during  the  summer  of  1838, 

but  did    not  get   a   diploma 


for  some  years  afterward, 
and  then  from  another  col- 
lege, the  former  having  brok- 
en down. 

During  the  spring  of 
185 1  his  wife  and  he  united 
with  the  Springhill  church, 
from  which  his  church  rela- 
tions were  transferred  to  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  of 
Bellefontaine,  Ma}-  3,  1856. 
He  was  ordained  elder  of 
the  church  November  26, 
1857,  and  his  continued  ser- 
vice of  forty  years  is  only 
equalled  by  that  of  Judge 
Bennett.  He  served  as  clerk 
of  the  Session  for  twenty 
years  or  more. 

Dr.  Fuller  has  been  one 
of  the  most  prominent  ph}^- 
sicians  in  thi  ^  county  for  sixty-one  years  and  still  has  considerable 
practice. 


S.  W.   FULLER. 


THE  EI.DERS. 


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W^ILLIAM  McCOLLOCH. 

Wm.  McColloch  was  born  in  Logan  county,  Ohio,  March  ist, 
1816.      He   was   the   son   of 


Rev.  George  and  Nancy  Mc- 
Colloch. With  the  excep- 
tion of  a  few  years  spent  in 
Circleville,  Ohio,  Bellefon- 
taine  was  his  only  home. 
He  was  a  merchant  of 
this  city.  He  united  with 
the  First  Presb3'terian  church 
December  22,  1854;  was  or- 
dained as  elder  November 
26,  1857-  He  was  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday- 
school,  or  very  active  in  its 
management  for  over  20 
years.  He  was  faithful  and 
true  to  his  church,  attending 
faithfully  all  its  services,  and 
was  a  diligent  student  of 
God's  Word.  His  death  oc- 
curred May  2,  1877. 


WILLIAM     M'COLLOCH. 


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JOSIAH  MOORE. 

Josiah  Moore,  son  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  Moore,  and  grandson  of 
David  Moore,  of  Wilksbarre,  Pa.,  was  born  at  Rocky  Fort,  Lick- 
ing county,  Ohio,  December  10,  1810,  and  was  about  eight  years 
old  when  his  mother,  Lydia,  died  and  he  was  sent  to  live  with  his 
sister,  Mrs.  Patterson,  in  Bellefontaine.  He  was  converted  under 
the  preaching  of  Rev.  Mr.  Stevenson.  In  1834  he  was  married  to 
Elizabeth  Stevenson,  daughter  of  his  pastor.  He  joined  this 
church  September  30,  183 1,  and  was  elected  elder  November   26, 

1857. 

Josiah  Moore  moved  to  McLean  county,  Illinois,  in  1859; 
afterwards  his  family  lived  at  Chenoa,  Towanda,  Watseka  and 
Gibson  City.  In  nearly  all  these  places  Mr.  Moore  was  a  rul- 
ing elder. 

Mr.  Moore  died  May  21,  1898,  aged  87.  He  was  a  consistent, 
faithful  christian  man,  who  for  a  number  of  years  desired  to   de- 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


JOSIAH   MOORE. 

JOHX  ANDERSON 

McILVAlNE. 

John  Anderson  Mcll- 
vaine,  son  of  William  Mc- 
Ilvaine,  was  born  in  Little 
Washington,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1831.  He  was  of  Scotch 
parentage,  and  was  raised 
in  the  beliefs  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  The  family 
moved  to  Logan  county, 
Ohio,  north  of  Huntsville, 
while  he  .was  yet  a  child. 
During  his  early  manhood 
he  united  with  the  church 
at  Huntsville,  and  June  10, 
1859,  transferred  his  mem- 
bership to  Bellefontaine. 
He    conducted    a     store     in 


part  and  be  with  Christ. 
Mrs.  Moore  died  in  Gibson 
City  in  18S3.  An  indica- 
tion of  the  character  of  this 
man  was  his  request  that 
the  worship  of  God  might 
not  be  interfered  with  by 
having  his  funeral  on  the 
Sabbath. 

Of  the  children  born 
to  these  Godly  parents 
four  are  living:  —  Joseph 
Wiley,  of  Fitsgerald,  Geor- 
gia; John  S.,  of  Gibson 
City,  Illinois;  Mrs.  Sarah 
Huber,  of  Bellefontaine, 
Ohio,  and  Mrs.  Sallie  M. 
Rockwood,  an  adopted 
daughter,  in  Fairbury, 
Illinois. 


JOHN   ANDERSON   M'lLVAINE. 


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Bellefontaine,  and  was  elected  sheriff  of  the  county,  and  later 
elected  and  re-elected  Clerk  of  the  Court. 

He  was  an  elder  of  the  church  for  33  years;  from  March  3, 
1863,  until  his  death  July  13,  1896.  He  was  buried  at  Bellefon- 
taine. 

He  married  Margaret  E.  Wishard,  by  whom  he  had  two  child- 
ren:— Ella  (deceased)  and  Thomas  Oscar,  of  Huntington,  Indiana 

GEORGE  A.  HENRY. 

George  A.  Henry,  son  of  Joel  and  Patience  (Easton)  Henry 

was  born  August  9,  1837,  in 
Jefferson  township,  this 
county.  Married  October  22, 
1863,  Emily,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Sarah  (Nelson) 
Robb. 

Mr.  Henry  united  with 
the  church  September  2, 
1 86 1,  and  was  elected  an 
elder  July  28,  1872.  He  is  a 
farmer  and  resides  about 
five  miles  northeast  of  Belle- 
fontaine. 

Children:  —  lola  Pati- 
ence, born  February  14, 
1866;  Sarah  Eva,  born  June 
30,  1869. 

George  Henry,  grand- 
father of  above,  was  born  in 
Rapidan,  Virginia,  and  has 
children,  Joel,  William,  of 
this  county,  and  Nancy  who  married  Rev.  George  McColloch. 

ti   {• 

JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS  CAMPBELL. 

J.  Q.  A.  Campbell,  son  of  Charles  Fenelon  and  Harriet  Essing- 
ton  (Kephart)  Campbell,  was  born  September  28,  1838,  in  Ripley, 
Ohio. 

He  was  educated  at  Ripley.  His  father,  a  college  graduate 
and  life-long  student,  assisted  him  materially.  He  learned  the 
printers'  trade  and  became  a  partner  of  his  father,  who  publish- 


GEORGE  A.  HENRY. 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORV. 


ed  the  Ripley  Bee.  In  January,  1865,  Mr.  Campbell  moved  to 
Belief ontaine,  purchasing  the  Belief ontaine  Republican,  which  he 
has  continued  to  publish  ever  since. 

Mr.  Campbell  has  been  ver}-  active  in  all  the  affairs  of  the 
town  and  county,  but  not 
a  candidate  for  any  office. 
He  was  selected  as  Presi- 
dential Elector  in  1880, 
when  President  Garfield 
was  selected.  Has  been 
trustee  of  our  Water 
Works. 

Mr.  Campbell  served 
during  the  Civil  War  in 
the  Fifth  Iowa  Volunteer 
Infantry,  ard  in  the 
Fifth  Iowa  Volunteer 
Cavalry,  three  and  one- 
half  years.  He  united 
with  the  Second  Presby- 
terian church  in  Ripley 
when  seventeen  years  of 
age  and  his  membership 
was  transferred  to  the 
First  Presbyterian  church 
of  Bellefontaine  under 
Dr.  Kalb's  pastorate,  in  1865 
,  28,  1872. 

Mr.  Campbell  married,  Isabella  L.  Darwin  March  8,  1866,  who 
died  January  II,  1867,  and  married  Miss  Estelle  Hoge  April  11, 
1872. 

Their  children  are: — Wilfred  B.,  residence  at  Chicago,  Illinois; 
Bertha  E.,  married  to  W.  G.  Stinchcomb,  M.   D. ;  and  Claire  Gail. 

JAMES  PAULDING  WALLACE. 

James  Paulding  Wallace,  M.  D.,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  and 
Nancy  A.  Barnett  Wallace,  was  born  near  Oxford,  Ohio,  on  the  fifth 
of  x\ugust,  1849. 

His  youth  was  spent  in  Piqua  where  his  father  was  pastor  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  church.     He  united  with  the   church   at 


JOHN    QUINCY   ADAMS    CAMPBELL. 

He  was  ordained  ruling  elder  July 


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65 


the  age  of  fifteen  and  at  twenty  was  made  a  ruling  elder. 
He  was  graduated  from  Mon- 
mouth College,  Illinois,  the 
Medical  College  of  Ohio  in 
Cincinnati,  and  at  Bellevue 
Hospital  College,  New  York. 
He  practiced  medicine  in 
Piqua  two  years,  then  in 
1877  removed  to  Belief on- 
taine  where  he  united  with 
the  First  Presbyterian  church 
June  loth,  1877,  and  was 
made  an  elder  on  September 
26th  1880. 

Afterwards,  on  account 
of  failing  health,  he  went  to 
Greeley,  Colorado,  where  he 
lived  six  years,  and  where 
he  again  was  made  a  ruling 
elder.  He  died  on  the 
fourth  of  March,  1894,  aged 
44. 

He  married  in  Piqua,  March  16,  1876,  Miss  Laura  E.,  daughter 
of  Wm.  Garvey. 

Children: — Margaret  H.,  William  G.,  Nancy  E.,  James  Fuller, 
and  Hallett  D. 

JOSEPH    STEVENSON. 

Joseph  Stevenson,  son  of  Rev,  Joseph  and  Sarah  Stevenson, 
was  born  September  11,  1818. 

He  united  with  the  church  in  Cherokee,  in  January,  1840.  He 
married  Margaret  Ann  Kerr  November  4,  1839,  and  to  them  seven 
sons  were  born.  Six  are  still  living  and  all  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church: — George  P.,  of  Hamilton,  Ohio;  James  K. ,  of 
Zanesfield,  Ohio;  Gilbert  M.,  Charles  A.,  and  Joseph  E.,  of  Belle- 
fontaine;  and  Rev.  Robert  S.,  of  Carmi,  Illinois.  Their  fourth 
son,  William  L.,  died  \vhen  but  two  and  one-half  years  old. 

Joseph  Stevenson  began  starting  the  tunes  in  family  worship 
and  leading  the  music  in  church  when  sixteen  years  old.  Was 
leader  of  the  first  choir  in  this  church,  and  held  that  position,  prac- 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


tically,  for  fifty  years.  He 
was  elected  a  trustee  of  this 
church  in  1846,  and  was 
ordained  a  ruling  elder  July 
II,  1886. 

Mr.  Stevenson  is  a  far- 
mer residing  on  the  land 
given  his  grandmother,  Jane 
Park  Marquis,  in  1806. 

c   if 
judge  duncan 

McLaughlin. 

John  Duncan  McLaugh 
lin,  son  of  James  Buick  and 
Margaret  ( Parker )  Mc- 
Laughlin, born  July  26, 
1844,  near  Rush  Creek,  Lo- 
gan county,  Ohio.  Attend- 
ed Bellefontaine  high 
school,     taught     school     in 


JOHN    DVNCAN  M'LAUGHLIN. 


JOSEPH    STEVENSON. 

Lewistown,  studied  survey- 
ing and  engineering  with 
his  father,  and  was  employ- 
ed in  that  profession  for 
three  years.  He  began  the 
study  of  law  in  1866,  gradu- 
ating from  the  Cincinnati 
Law  School  in  1869,  and  the 
same  year  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  Mc- 
Laughlin (his  father)  & 
Dow.  His  father  died  in 
1878,  but  this  partnership 
continued  for  the  unusual 
period  of  twenty-eight  years. 
In  1897,  Mr.  Dow  was  made 
Judge  of  the  Common  Pleas 
Court,  and  Mr.  McLaugh- 
lin, Judge  of  the  Probate 
Court  of  Logan  county.    Mr. 


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67 


McLaughlin  has  been  an  officer  of  the  Bellefontaine  National 
Bank,  and  of  the  Citizens'  Building  &  Loan  Association  many 
years. 

Mr.  McLaughlin  united  with  this  church  March  5,  1864,  and 
has  been  very  active  and  faithful  in  its  service.  Has  been  a  dea- 
con since  June  12,  1869.  Was  trustee  from  187 1,  much  of  the 
time,  until  1886.  Has  been  an  elder  since  July  u,  1886,  and  Clerk 
of  the  Session  since  December  i,  1887.  Was  also  Superintendent 
of  the  Sunday-school  several  terms. 

His  children  are: — George  D.,  Albert  C,  Ella  S.,  Florence  M., 
and  Marie  L. 

GILBERT  M. 

STEVENSON. 

Gilbert  M.  Stevenson, 
son  of  Joseph  and  Margaret 
Ann  Stevenson,  was  born 
April  7,  1845. 

He  united  with  the 
church  June  3,  1865.  Was 
Superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day-school in  1885-86-87. 
He  married  Martha  A.  Mar- 
tin December  28,  1869.  He 
was  ordained  ruling  elder 
June  15,  1890. 

Mr.  Stevenson  has  been 
actively  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising and  the  tele- 
phone business. 

*      •^  GILBERT  M.     STEVENSON. 

JOHN   E.    W^EST. 

John  E.  West,  son  of  William  H.  and  Elizabeth  W.  West,  was 
born  February  8th,  1858,  at  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  where-  he  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  until  his  graduation  therefrom  in  1877,  in 
the  fall  of  which  3^ear  he  entered  the  Universit}-  of  Wooster,  re- 
maining there  until  1880.  In  1884  he  was  graduated  from  the 
Cincinnati  Law  School,  admitted  to,  and  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  his  profession. 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


In  1885  he  was  married  to  Ella  L.  Johnson,  of  Wooster,  Ohio. 

Uniting  with  the  First 
Presbyterian  church  of 
Belief ontaine  December  31, 
1882,  he  was  elected  as  a 
member  of  its  Board  of 
Trustees  in  1887,  of  which 
Board  he  acted  as  treasurer, 
and  was  elected  and  ordain- 
ed as  a  ruling  elder  June  15, 
1890. 

In  1888  he  was,  by  the 
Session  of  the  church,  ap- 
pointed as  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent of  its  Sunday-school, 
and  in  1889  as  its  Superin- 
tendent, which  position  he 
is  still  holding,  and  has  held 
continuously,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  one  year,  since 
his  first  appointment. 

Mr.  West  was  a  trustee  of 
the  Glover  Collegiate  Institute  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  same 
Board  of  the  University  of  Wooster. 

Children:— Johnson  E.,  Clara  E.,  Samuel  E.,  Katherine,  Mar- 
garet J. 

SAMUEL  ANDREW  BUCHANAN. 

Samuel  Andrew  Buchanan  was  born  at  Lancaster,  Ohio,  Sep- 
tember 7th,  1849,  his  father  being  Rev.  James  Hervey,  and  mother 
Mary  Salome  Carpenter,  Buchanan;  his  grandfather.  Rev.  Samuel 
Carpenter,  was  a  Baptist  minister,  and  his  father  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  the  latter  being  principal  and  owner  of  the  Oxford 
(Ohio)  Female  Institute,  now  Oxford  College,  a  United  Presby- 
terian Boarding  School,  from  1854  to  1867. 

Samuel  A.  Buchanan  attended  Miami  University,  Oxford, 
and  Ohio  State  University,  Columbus,  pursuing  a  course  of  civil 
engineering.  Was  County  Surveyor  of  Logan  county  from  1882 
to  1888;  came  to  Bellefontaine  in  1875;  married  Li vy  Lusk,  Oxford, 
Ohio,  October  2,  1878.     May  31,  1879,  he   joined   this   church   on 


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profession,  and  at  the  same 
time  his  wife  joined  by  let- 
ter from  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Oxford. 

They  have  two  sons: — 
Sutton  Richey,  born  1880; 
James  Wallace,  born  1884; 
both  members  of  the  church. 
They  resided  at  No.  402  Gar- 
field avenue  for  15  years. 

Mr,  Buchanan  was  elect- 
ed elder  September  13,  1896, 
and  for  more  than  ten  years 
has  been  an  active  member 
of  the  Sunday-school  as 
teacher,  Superintendent,  and 
Assistant  Superintendent. 

Mr.  Buchanan  recently 
removed  to  Kenton. 


SAMUEL    ANDREW    BUCHANAN. 


J.   W.  WEAVER. 


JOSEPH    W.    WEAVER. 


Joseph  W.  Weaver  was 
born  in  Haldimand  county, 
Canada,  April  6th,  1857. 
United  with  the  Methodist 
church  of  Canada  in  1875; 
with  the  Monroe  street  M. 
E.  church,  Toledo,  1881;  the 
Washington  street  Congre- 
gational church  in  1885,  and 
with  the  M.  E.  church  of 
Bellefontaine  b}'  letter  in 
1886.  He  married  here  Miss 
Alice  Jamison. 

September  i,  1889,  he 
united  with  this  church,  and 
was  elected  an  elder,  April 
17,  1898.  Mr.  Weaver  is  a 
mechanic. 


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JAMES  ALBERT  McMILLEN. 

James  Albert  McMillen  was  born  November  8th,  1857,  at 
Huntsville,  Ohio,  and  moved  to  Bellefontaine  when  five  years  old. 
He  joined  the  United  Presbyterian  church  of  Bellefontaine 
when  abont  13  years  of  age,  and  later  was  elected  and  ordained  a 
ruling  elder  in  said  church. 

He  united  with  the 
First  Presbyterian  church 
May  2,  1895,  and  was  ordain- 
ed an  elder  April  17,  1898. 
His  father,  Mr.  D.  K.  Mc- 
Millen, was  born  in  West- 
moreland count}'.  Pa.,  and 
located  in  Bellefontaine  in 
1863. 

Mr.  McMillen  is  of 
Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  his 
grandfather  having  moved 
from  vScotland  to  this 
country  in  the  early  part  of 
this  century. 

Mr.  McMillen  is  an  en- 
gineer. He  was  married 
to  Miss  Mary,  daughter  of 
Mr,  and  Mrs.  William 
Clancy,  in  1883. 

Children,  six  daughters: 
—Prima  May,  Nellie  Claire,  Margaretta,  Florence  Estelle,  Mary 
Alberta  and  Nina  Clancy. 

REUBEN  B.  KELLER. 

Reuben  B.  Keller,  son  of  Sebastian  and  Lydia  A.  (Houtz) 
Keller,  was  born  in  Bellefontaine  November  28,  1842,  and  educat- 
ed in  Bellefontaine  and  at  Eastman's  College,  Poughkeepsie,  New 
York.  He  was  in  the  agricultural  implement  business  until  Jan- 
uary, 1869,  since  when  he  has  been  in  the  Peoples'  National  Bank, 
of  which  he  has  been  Director  and  Assistant  Cashier  and  Cashier 
since  its  organization  in  1880.  He  united  with  the  IvUtheran 
church  in  January,  1868.  Was  a  deacon  of  that  church  and  prac- 
tically had  charge  of  its  finances  for  twenty-four  years.     He  unit- 


JAMES  ALBERT  M'MILLEN. 


THE   EIvDERS. 


ed  with  the  Presbyterian  church  April  i8,   1897,  and   was   elected 
an  elder  of  the  same  April  17,  1898. 

Mr.  Keller  served  in  Company  D,  45th  O,  V.  I.,  from  August, 
1862,  to  June,  1865,  in  the  army  of  the  Cumberland,  under  General 
Thomas. 


REUBEN  B.  KELLER. 


Was  married  December  20,  1870,  to  Annable  Taylor,  daughter 
of  Mahlon  K.  Taylor,  of  Belief ontaine. 

Children: — Ida  A.,  born  June  13,  1872;  married  July  7,  1897, 
Guy  C.  Odor;  Herman  B.,  born  June  7,  1880. 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Children  of  the  Church. 


■»u'w'^<•^<•«.n,^' 


Ministers  and  missionaries  who  were  for  at  least  a  short  time 
members  of  this  church  or  congregation,  and  more  or  less  influ- 
enced by  its  zealous  religious  teaching;  and  who  have  since  gone 
to  the  different  parts  of  the  earth  teaching  the  christian  religion. 

'Mid  the  homes  of  want  and  woe, 
Strangers  to  the  lyiving  Word, 
I,et  the  Saviour's  herald  go; 
lyet  the  voice  of  Hope  be  heard. 


REV.  PAUL    DAVID    BERGEN. 

PAUL  David  Bergen,  son    of   Rev.  George   P.  and   Mary    E. 
(Bentley)  Bergen,  was  born  in    Belief ontaine,   Ohio,  June 
19th,  i860,  and  is  now  a  missionary  stationed  at  Chingtao, 
China.  He  is  the  oldest  son  of 
Rev.  George  P.  Bergen,  who 
was  pastor  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Bellefon- 
taine  from  1859  to  1863. 

The  foundation  of  his 
education  was  received  at 
his  father's  college  at  Birm- 
ingham, Iowa.  His  college 
course  was  completed  at  the 
University  of  Chicago,  and 
his  theological  course  at 
Princeton  in  the  spring  of 
1882.  Before  he  was  yet  22 
years  of  age  he  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  his  father's  old 
Presbytery,  and  for  several 
months  at  a  time  he  sup- 
plied several  pulpits,  impres- 
sing every  one  with  whom 
he  came  in  contact  by  his 
deep  consecration. 

In  August,  1883,  he  married  Miss  Mary  McKinney,  of  Aledo, 
Illinois,  a  graduate  of  Lake  Forest  University,  and  a  musician  of 
rare  ability. 


REV.    PAUL    DAVID    BERGEN. 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH.  73 

Early  in  September,  1883,  Rev.  Paul  D.  Bergen  and  wife  sail- 
ed as  missionaries  for  China,  where  at  Chenanfoo  they  spent  eight 
years.  The  missionaries,  Murry  and  Hunter  Corbett,  were  the 
pioneers  and  only  foreigners  there  at  the  time. 

In  the  early  nineties  they  returned  to  America,  and,  feeling 
the  need  of  fresh  ammunition,  as  they  expressed  it,  entered 
Johns  Hopkins  University  and  took  a  post-graduate  course. 

.  In  the  meantime  the  Rev.  Mr.  Bergen's  mother  died,  and 
they  felt  the  way  was  again  open  for  their  return  to  China,  and 
accordingly  in  September,  1894,  they  sailed,  taking  with  them  a 
son,  born  during  their  visit  in  America.  On  their  return  to  China 
they  were  located  at  Chefoo. 

In  the  fall  of  1898  they  volunteered  to  go  to  Chingtao  to  shep- 
herd a  flock  of  four  or  five  hundred  christians.  The  work  of 
preaching,  teaching  and  itinerating  is  dear  to  both  of  them,  as 
many  letters  from  both  repeat  the  message:  "Our  hearts  yearn 
for  China." 

{I    1* 
REV.  E.  L.  COMBS. 

Edgar  L.  Combs,  son 
of  George  K.  and  Sarah 
(Byers)  Combs,  was  born  in 
1858.  He  was  a  member  of 
this  church  Sunday-school, 
and  removed  from  Bellefon- 
taine  to  Allerton,  Iowa. 

He  says,  "I  had  about 
finished  a  course  in  law 
when  I  gave  it  up  to  pre- 
pare for  the  ministry.  I 
was  a  student  in  Parson's 
College,  Fairfield,  Iowa.  I 
graduated  from  McCormick 
Seminary  in  1889,  and  was 
ordained  by  Emporia  Pres- 
bytery May  22nd,  1889. 
Have  been  a  pastor  at 
Quenemo,  Waverly  and 
Garnett,  Kansas;  Metropolis,  rev.  e.  l.  combs. 


74  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Illinois  and  Winthrop,  Iowa,  and  at  one  time  was  an  evangelist  in 
Neosho  Presbytery.  In  these  churches  I  have  received  253  on 
profession.  There  have  been  three  churches  and  two  manses 
built  " 

REV.  JOHN  W.  B.  COMBS. 

John  W.  B.  Combs,  son  of  George  and  Sarah  (Byers) 
Combs,  was  born  in  Dewitt  county,  Illinois,  October  28,  1861. 
Later  his  parents  moved  to  Wayne  county,  Iowa,  and  his  early 
education  was  obtained  in  the  schools  of  that  state.  He  was  for  a 
time  a  member  of  the  Sunday-school  of  this  church.  He  started 
to  school  at  Parkville,  Missouri,  when  he  was  19  years  of  age,  but 
his  health  failing  was  compelled  to  leave  school.  In  1888  he  went 
to  Salina,  Kansas,  where  he  seemed  gradually  to  regain  health, 
and  the  hope,  before  cherished,  of  preaching  the  gospel  returned. 
By  the  advice  of  ministerial  friends  he  presented  himself  to  Solo- 
mon Presbytery  and  by  that  body  was  commissioned  to  labor  in 
the  churches  of  Mt.  Pleasant  and  Poheta,  where  he  rendered  excel- 
lent service.  He  married  Miss  Nannie  Roberts.  Was  never  able 
to  complete  his  college  course  and  died  at  the  home  of  his  parents 
in  Allerton,  Iowa,  August  10,  1889. 

REV.  SALMON  COLES  FARIS. 

Salmon  Coles  Paris,  son  of  John  and  Anne  Morrison  Paris, 
was  born  at  Triadelphia,  West  Virginia,  December,  1831.  When 
five  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  where 
he  attended  public  school,  and  prepared  for  college.  His  colle- 
giate education  was  received  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College, 
Washington,  Pa.,  and  his  theological  course  was  taken  at  Prince- 
ton Seminary,  where  he  graduated  in  1866.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  the  gospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  February,  1866,  and  the  summer  of  the  same  year  was 
ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  West  Virginia. 

In  November,  1863,  he  married  Miss  Amanda  F.  Hayes,  of 
Washington,  Pa.  He  was  stated  supply  at  Buckannon  and  French 
Creek  in  1866-68;  Superintendent  of  City  Missions,  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
in  1868-74;  General  Agent  of  Pennsylvania  Bible  Society  in  1875- 
76;  pastor-elect  at  Apple  Creek,  Ohio,  in  1876-58;  pastor  at  Perrys- 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


75 


ville,  Ohio,  in  tSjg-Si;  pastor  at  Frankfort  Springs,  Pa.,  in  1882-85, 
President  of  Richmond  Col- 
lege in  1 886- 1 888;  pastor  of 
Richmond  (Ohio)  First 
church  in  1885- 1890;  Secre- 
tary of  the  American  Sabbath 
Union  in  the  year  following. 

In  1892  he  went  South, 
taking  charge  of  the  church 
at  Starke,  Florida,  until 
1895,  and  the  church  at 
Glenwood  for  another  year. 

Since  1897  Dr.  Faris  has 
been  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Candler,  Florida,  where  he 
is  laboring  at  the  present 
time. 

The  degree  of  D.  D.  he 
received  from  Richmond 
College,    Richmond,     Ohio, 


in  1889. 


REV.    SALMON   COLES    FARIS.   D.   D. 


MATTIE  BYERS  FEHL. 

Mattie  S.  Byers,  daughter  of  J.  W.  and  M.  J.  Byers,  was  born 
in  Bellefontaine,  October  3,  i860,  and  was  educated  in  the  Belle- 
fontaine  schools.  She  united  with  this  church  March  5,  1876.  In 
the  summer  of  1884  she  entered  the  mission  field  as  a  teacher  in 
Utah,  being  stationed  at  Brigham  City. 

The  school  had  an  attendance  of  from  twenty  to  forty-eight 
pupils;  the  Sabbath  school  averaged  about  thirty.  The  teacher's 
work  is  visiting  as  well  as  school-room  work.  She  spent  three 
years  in  the  work;  nine  and  one-half  months  each  year  in  the 
school  room  work,  and  came  home  in  the  summer  of  1887. 

She  married  Mr.  John  Fehl,  and  now  lives  at  Carthage,  Mis- 
souri, 


76 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


MATTIE   BYERS-FEHL,    HUSBAND  AND   SON. 


¥       ¥ 


MISS  LULA  FREY. 

Lula  Frey,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Emily  (Kelsey) 
F'rey,  was  born  in  Sidney,  Ohio. 

She  graduated  from  the  Bellefontaine  High  School  in 
1886,  and  from  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Delaware, 
Ohio,  in  the  year  1892.  After  attending  the  Lucy  Rider  Train- 
ing School  for  one  year  in  Chicago,  and  Moody's  Bible 
Institute  there,  she,  in  1893,  went  to  Korea  as  a  missionary 
under    the    Woman's    Foreign  Missionary   Society  of   the  Meth- 


CHII^DREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


77 


MISS   LULA    FREY. 


odist  Kpiscopal  church. 
Since  then  she  has  been 
permanently  located  at 
Seoul,  Korea. 

Miss  Fiey  has  been  an 
indefatigable  and  zealous 
worker.  She  has  been  very 
successful  in  acquiring  the 
very  difficult  Korean  lan- 
guage and  has  assisted  in 
the  translation  of  American 
school  books  for  the  benefit 
of  the  Korean  boys  and  girls. 
She  visited  home  in  1899; 
but  her  heart  is  in  her  life 
work  of  raising  the  Korean 
children  and  people  to  a 
higher  and  nobler  life,  and 
she  gladly  returned  to  her 
work  in  Korea. 


MRS.  LUCRETIA 

P.  FULTON. 

Mrs.  Fulton  was  born  in 
Zanesville,  Ohio,  about  1814; 
was  daughter  of  William 
Henry  and  Jane  Huntington. 

She  married  Dr.  i\bra- 
liam  Fulton,  who  was  a 
prominent  physician  in  Sid- 
ney, West  Liberty,  Rushsyl- 
vania  and  Bellefontaine 
many  years. 

Dr,  Fulton  was  an  active 
member  of  this  church  and 
a  Superintendent  of  this 
Sunda3^-school.  See  chapter 
concerning  the  Sunday- 
school  for  his  picture.  Both 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Fulton  united 


MRS.    LUCRETIA    P.    FULTON. 


78 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


with  this  church  June  2,  1866.  He  died  here  December  14,  1874. 
Mrs.  Fulton  removed  to  Topeka,  Kansas,  in  1883,  and  identi- 
fied herself  with  the  relief  of  homeless  freedmen  in  Topeka,  Dun- 
lap  and  Cherokee,  Kansas,  and  home  mission  work  at  Hell's  Half- 
acre  Mission,  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Fulton  had  but  one  child,  Mary  M.,  who  was 
educated  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Female  College,  Delaware,  Ohio, 
and  married  Dr.  M.  R.  Mitchell,  of  Northwood,  Ohio.  They  re- 
side in  Topeka,  Kansas,  where  Dr.  Mitchell  is  Professor  of  Obstet- 
rics in  the  Kansas  Medical  College. 

ALICE  M.  IRWIX  GHORMLEY. 

Alice  M.  Irwin,  daughter  of  George  and  Sarah  (Collins) 
Irwdn,  was  born  near  Huntsville,  Ohio.  She  united  wnth  this 
church  February  24,  1867,  and  married  Rev.  D.  O.  Ghormley,  D. 
D.     For  mention  of  their  subsequent  work  see  sketch  of  Rev.  Dr, 

Ghormley     under     ^'Hunts- 
ville Church." 

She  sa3\s:  "I  was  a 
member  of  this  Sunday- 
school  from  1 86 1  to  1882; 
most  of  that  time  as  a  pupil. 
Mrs.  J.  Q.  A.  Campbell,  Mrs. 
Jane  McCormick,  Dr.  Kalb 
and  Robert  Lamb  are  the 
teachers  I  best  remember. 
The  strong  practical  sermons 
of  Dr.  Kalb  did  much  to  in- 
fluence my  life. 

"We  did  much  difficult 
pioneer  work  during  the 
years  we  were  in  Portland. 
But  the  Lord  has  signally 
blessed  the  labors  of  our 
hands  there  so  that  we  can 
only  rejoice  in  'all  this  work 
and  labor  of  love'  done  in 
His  name. 
"I  was  honored  with  the  office  of  General  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary of  the  North  Pacific  Board  of  Missions,  and  represented  the 


ALICE    M.    IRWIN-GHORMLEV. 


CHII^DREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


79 


cause  in  Central  Committee  during  the  General  Assembly  at  Sara- 
toga, New  York,  in  1894." 

REV.  JOSEPH  GORDON  GRABIEL. 

Joseph  Gordon  Grabiel  was  born  February  26,  1866,    at  Wal- 
nvit  Grove,  Ohio,  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Westlake  Grabiel.     He 


REV.    JOSEPH    GORDON   GRABIEL. 


graduated  with  honors  at  the  Ohio  Normal   University   in    1888, 
having  taught  four  years  in  the  meantime.     On  the  advice  of  Rev. 


8o  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

George  L.  Kalb,  D.  D.,  together  with  that  of  his  pastor,  Rev 
James  E.  Alexander,  of  Rushsylvania,  he  placed  himself  under 
the  care  of  the  Bellefontaine  Presbytery  as  a  candidate  for  the 
gospel  ministry,  and  entered  Lane  Seminary.  Here  he  spent 
three  years,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1891.  During  the  last 
year  of  his  seminary  course  he  supplied  the  churches  of  DeGraflf 
and  Huntsville.  At  graduation  they  extended  him  a  unanimous 
call  to  become  their  pastor.  He  remained  on  this  field  about  a 
year.  Of  three  calls  he  accepted  that  of  the  Church  of  the 
Covenant,  of  West  Bay  City,  Michigan,  in  the  spring  of  1892, 
remaining  there  five  years,  during  which  time  the  church  mem- 
bership was  increased  three  hundred  and  fifty  per  cent.  While 
here  he  conducted  one  revival  alone  in  which  141  cards  were  sign- 
ed, and  32  members  were  added  to  the  church.  He  saw  fit  to 
give  up  this  work  in  1897,  and  accepted  a  call  from  the  church  of 
Fairgrove,  Michigan.     He  is  now  located  in  Dennison,  Ohio. 

He  married  Miss  Mae  B.  McMillen,  of  Walnut  Grove.  Mrs. 
Grabiel  is  an  accomplished  musician  and  a  fine  singer,  and  has 
been  a  great  help  to  him  in  his  work.  To  them  three  children 
have  been  born: — Paul  Ruskin,  March  6,  1890;  Mary  Estie,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1891,  died  October  i,  1891,  and  Ruth  Glyde,  June  24, 
1898. 

REV.  VIRGIL  L.  GRABIEL. 

Virgil  L.  Grabiel,  now  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at 
Kings,  Illinois,  is  the  son  of  Jacob  Grabiel,  a  farmer  living  near 
Rushsylvania.  Jacob  G.  moved  to  Bellefontaine  in  1887,  He  had 
been  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Rushsylvania  ever 
since  that  church  had  been  organized,  and  after  moving  to  Belle- 
fontaine, he,  and  as  many  of  his  family  as  were  with  him,  united 
here.  In  the  family  was  Virgil  L.,  who  was  19  years  of  age.  He 
attended  High  School  one  year. 

In  the  fall  of  1889  he  entered  school  at  Ada,  Ohio,  where  he 
was  graduated  in  1891. 

In  April,  1892,  he  married  Miss  Hannah  Myers,  who  belonged 
to  his  college  class.  The  next  September  he  entered  McCormick 
Seminary  in  Chicago.  After  two  years  he  took  up  missionary 
work  in  Northern  Michigan,  and  continued  it  for  over  a  year. 
While  there  he  was  ordained  by  the  Lake  Superior  Presby- 
tery.    Returning   to    McCormick    Seminar}-    he    was    graduated 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


in  1896.  Immediately  he 
returned  to  Michigan,  being 
called  to  a  charge  at  Fair- 
grove,  in  Flint  Presbytery, 
where  he  remained  one  year. 

In  May,  1897,  a  second 
call  from  the  church  at 
Kings  caused  him  to  give  up 
the  work  in  Michigan,  and 
to  return  to  Illinois,  where 
he  is  now  located.  To  his 
family  have  been  added  one 
boy  and  one  girl. 

While  attending  Sun- 
day-school here  his  teacher 
was  Mrs.  Riddle,  and  to  use 
his  own  words:  "The  mem- 
ory of  her  I  cherish  very 
much," 


H    t» 


REV.  JAMES    B.  M'CRACKEN. 


REV.    VIRGIL   L.    GRABIEL. 

REV.  JAMES  B. 

MCCRACKEN. 

James  B.  McCracken 
united  with  the  First  Presby- 
terian church  by  letter  Janu- 
ary ir,  1877.  He  had  been 
doing  lay  preaching  for  sev- 
eral years  at  various  points, 
especially  at  West  Newton, 
Allen  county,  where  a  church 
was  organized  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1877,  over  which  Mr. 
McCracken  was  ordained  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Lima.  He 
did  not  live  long  to  continue 
the  work,  dying  at  his  home 
in  Bellefontaine  January  27, 
1878,  aged  70. 

"He  was  much  respect- 
ed by  those  who  knew  him. 
He  entered  the  ministr}-   in 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


the  Presbyterian  church  a  year  ago,  when  quite  advanced  in  years, 
though  he  had  been  an  earnest  and  consistent  christian  many 
years. 

"He  organized  a  church  at  Newton,  Allen  county,  and  was  in- 
stalled its  pastor.     He  was  70  years  of  age. "' 

RJEV.  JOHN  MARQUIS. 

John  Marquis,  son  of  James  and  Ann  (Marquis)  Marquis,  was 
born  in  Washington  county,  Pa.,  March  5,  1809.  He  was  educat- 
ed at  Cannonsburg,  Pa.,  and 
on  November  5,  1829,  mar- 
ried Mary,  daughter  of 
David  Newell.  He  married, 
second,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  James  Robb,  November  17, 
1838,  and  third,  Sarah  J., 
daughter  of  Wm.  Stewart. 

He  joined  the  Bellefon- 
taine  Presbyterian  church  in 
1 83 1,  and  April  23,  1845,  was 
licensed  as  a  minister.  In 
1848,  b}^  the  Presbytery  of 
Miami,  he  was  ordained  as 
pastor  and  served  in  the 
Presbyterian  churches  of 
Centerville,  Montgomery 
county,  Ohio;  Eaton,  Preble 
county,  Ohio;  Henry,  Mar- 
shall county,  Illinois,  and 
East  Los  Angeles,  California, 
where  he  died  June  21st, 
1890,  in  the  82nd  year  of  his  age. 
of  this  church. 

His  children,  by  his  first  marriage,  were: — Alfred,  Matilda  J., 
Adeline  E.  and  Clementine  M.  By  his  second  marriage  Auvilla  N., 
John  F,,  Euthenia  P.,  Dapscellia,  Waldo  and  Augustus  Iv. 

Rev.  garnet  ADRIAN  POLLOCK,  D.  D. 

Garnet  Adrian  Pollock,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Pollock,  was 
born  near  Cadiz,  Ohio,  June  8,  1834.     The  parents  were  Scotch-Irish, 


JOHN    MARQUIS. 


Mrs.  Ann  was  also  a   member 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


83 


and  were  steadfast  members  of  the  Reformed  Presb^'terian  church. 

They  removed  to  Logan  county  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  West 

Liberty,  Ohio. 

Garnet  wrought  with  his  father  and  brothers   on   the   farm, 

attending  school  in  the  winter  season  until  he  was  sixteen  years  of 

age,  when  he  entered  the 
High  School  at  West  Liber- 
ty. Completing  the  course 
he  entered  Geneva  College 
and  remained  there  until 
the  close  of  his  Sophomore 
year,  then  entered  Miami 
University,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1858.  Mr. 
Pollock  united  with  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  of 
Belief  ontaine,  January  16, 
1858,  on  certificate  from  Ox- 
ford. 

His    theological    course 

was  pursued  at  the  Associate 
Reformed  Seminary,  Ox- 
ford, and  the  Western  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  Allegheny, 
Pa.  He  'filled  the  Chair  of 
Mathematics  at  Augusta  Col- 
lege, Kentucky,  and  was 
afterward  President  of  the  Okane  Male  and  Female  Seminary  at 
Shelbyville,  Illinois.  He  was  licensed  by  the  Sidney  Presbytery, 
and  his  first  charge  was  Prairie  Bird,  Indiana,  where  he  was  or- 
dained in  1866  by  the  Wabash  Presbytery.  In  1869  he  took  charge 
of  a  mission  church  of  10  members  at  Effingham,  Illinois,  and  re- 
mained eight  years,  leaving  it  with  170  members,  a  good  house  of 
worship  and  paying  a  good  salary.  He  was  pastor  at  Mendota, 
Illinois,  for  nearly  thirteen  years  where  substantial  improvements 
were  made. 

In  the  spring  of  1891  he  organized  a  church  at  Elgin  which 
now  consists  of  125  members,  and  has  a  house  of  worship  and  a 
parsonage  valued  at  1 15, 000.  He  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Miami  University   in    1896.     He   was 


REV.    GARNET   ADRAIN    POLLOCK,   D.  D. 


84 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Illinois  in  1874,  and  has  been  five  times 
a  delegate  to  the  General  Assembly. 

Rev.  ROBERT  P.  SHAW. 

Robert  P.  Shaw,  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Naomi  Waite  Shav^, 
was  born  in  West  Alexander,  Washington  county,  Pa.,  May  27, 
1844,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Belief ontaine  in  1856. 

He  joined  the  United  Presbyterian  church  of  this  cit}^ 
about  i860,  and  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Hopewell,  Indiana,  in 
1862.     On  returning  to  Belief  ontaine  in  1864,  the  family  became 

members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  this  city;  all  save 
Robert,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  who  was  then  a  stu- 
dent at  Jefferson  College, 
now  Washington  and  Jeffer- 
son. 

On  graduation  there- 
from in  August,  1865,  he  re- 
turned to  Bellefontaine  and 
became  a  member  of  this 
congregation  and  a  teacher 
in  the  Sabbath-school,  hav- 
ing a  class  of  young  men. 
During  the  months  from 
August,  1865,  to  April,  1866, 
Robert  read  enough  of 
Blackstone  under  Jndge 
West  to  convince  himself 
that  the  law  was  not  to  his 
taste.  He  accepted  the  po- 
sition of  Principal  of  the 
Hopewell  Academy  for  a  year,  after  which  he  became  a  student  of 
theology  in  Princeton  Theological  Seminary. 

Spending  his  vacation  in  Bellefontaine,  Robert  did  his  first 
public  preaching  here  and  hereabouts  under  the  friendly  eye  of 
Dr.  Kalb.  Thereafter  he  never  visited  Bellefontaine  without  hav- 
ing Dr.  Kalb's  kindly  hands  laid  upon  him,  and  being  constrain- 
ed to  preach  to  former  schoolmates  and  friends. 

Graduating  from  Princeton  Seminary  in  1870,  Mr.  Shaw  went 


REV.    ROBERT    P.    SHAW. 


CHII^DREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


85 


immediately  to  his  first  pastoral  charge,  the  two  churches  of 
Cedar  Grove  and  Church  town,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  Here,  hav- 
ing been  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  Westminster,  November 
8,  1870,  he  remained  until  November  8,  1872,  then  he  removed  to 
Bedford,  Indiana,  where  he  was  married  to  Mary  C  Thornton- 
thence  in  January,  1874,  to  Saginaw,  Michigan,  where  he  was  pas- 
tor of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  until  April,  1878.  In  1879  he 
took  charge  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Sturgis,  Michigan, 
where  he  remained  sixteen  years.  In  June,  1895,  he  removed  to 
Tacoma,  Washington,  and  has  since  been  in  charge  of  the  Second 
or  Immanuel  Presbyterian  church.  There  Mr.  Shaw  has  built  his 
home  wherein  are  gathered  a  family  of  one  daughter  and  six 
sons. 

Rev.  JOHN   McMILLAN   STEVENSON. 

John  McMillan  Stevenson  was  born  in  West  Alexander   Pa. 

May  14,  181 2.  His  father 
was  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson, 
at  that  time  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  that 
place.  His  mother  was  Sar- 
ah Marquis. 

When  he  was  thirteen 
years  old  the  family  moved 
to  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  then 
a  new  region,  with  forests  to 
be  felled  and  virgin  soil  to 
be  broken.  Converted  in  his 
late  youth,  the  young  man 
turned  his  thoughts  to  the 
gospel  ministry.  The  begin- 
ning of  his  college  education 
was  secured  at  Miami  Uni- 
versity, and  was  completed 
in  Jefferson  College,  (now 
Washington  and  Jefferson) 
where  he  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1836.  He  studied 
theology  for  a  time  in  Lane  Seminary,  Dr.  Lyman  Beecher  being 
then  at  the  head  of  the  faculty.  Young  Stevenson  then  became  an 
instructor  at  Kenyon  College,  and  later  took  charge  of  a   Girls' 


REV.    lOHN  M'MILLAN  STEVENSON,  D.  D. 


86  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Seminar}-  at  Athens,  Ohio.  After  a  service  as  Professor  of  Greek 
in  the  Ohio  University,  he  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  in  1842. 
and  became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Troy,  Ohio.  In 
1846  he  resigned  his  pastorate  to  become  District  Secretary  for  the 
American  Tract  Society,  having  general  care  of  the  work  in  five 
states.  His  services  here  were  highly  valued,  but  after  three  3'ears 
he  returned  to  the  pastorate,  taking  charge,  in  1849,  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  church,  New  Albany,  Indiana.  He  was  the  very  suc- 
cessful and  highly  esteemed  pastor  of  that  church  for  about  eight 
years.  In  1857  he  was  called  to  become  one  of  the  corresponding 
secretaries  of  the  American  Tract  Society'  in  New  York  City,  and 
in  that  work  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Upwards  of  forty 
years  were  thus  given  to  the  service  of  an  institution  which  has 
been  of  large  use  in  promoting  evangelical  religion  among  men  in 
our  own  country  and  in  foreign  lands  as  well. 

Dr.  Stevenson  was  eighty  years  of  age  when  he  gave  up  active 
work  in  the  society,  and  for  four  years  more  was  Secretary  Emeri- 
tus. 

He  passed  from  life  on  earth  to  the  better  life  be3'ond  August 
22,  189"^. 

Dr.  Stevenson  was  a  genial  and  benevolent  man  whose  control- 
ling purpose  was  to  be  of  use  to  his  fellow  men.  He  easily  made 
friends  and  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  his  associates.  His 
piety  was  simple  and  genuine.  His  long  life  was  full  of  usefulness, 
both  in  the  main  line  which  he  followed  and  in  many  side  paths 
where  his  energy  and  devotion  found  opportunity. 

In  his  family  relations  Dr.  Stevenson  was  singularly  happ}-. 
On  October  10,  1837,  he  was  united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Cecilia  H. 
Gillespie,  at  Carrolton,  Ohio.  Mrs.  Stevenson  w-as  a  true  help  to 
her  husband,  and,  with  firmer  health  in  her  later  than  in  her 
younger  years,  w-as  for  a  long  time  prominent  and  helpful  in  the 
Woman's  Missionary  Work  of  the  Presbyter}'  of  Jersey  City,  with- 
in whose  bounds,  at  Hawthorne,  New  Jersey,  was  the  family  home. 
Four  children  blessed  their  union.  The  two  sons,  William  G.  and 
Charles  H.,  by  a  somewhat  strange  fatality,  died  within  a  few 
months  of  each  other  and  within  the  year  succeeding  their  parents' 
golden  wedding  anniversary  in  1887,  the  first  time  that  death 
had  entered  that  family.  The  two  daughters,  with  their  mother, 
survive.  The  elder  daughter,  Sarah  C. ,  is  the  wife  of  Rev.  Oliver 
A.  Kingsbury,  for  a   number   of   years   editor   of   the    Illustrated 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


87 


Christian  Weekly  and  other  periodicals  of  the  American  Tract  So- 
ciety, now  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  New  Hartford,  New 
York,  The  younger  daughter,  Rosa  A.,  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Francis  h.  Patton,  President  of  Princeton  University. 

«?    ft 
Rev.  JOSEPH  H.  STEVENSON,  D.  D. 

Joseph  H.  Stevenson  was  the  eldest  son  of  Elder  Thomas  Mar- 
quis Stevenson,  and  the  grandson  of  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson,  the 
First  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Bellefontaine.     He  re- 
members  being   one   of   the 
regulars  in  Elder  J.  D.  Camp- 
bell's class  of  little  bo3's  in 
the       first       Sunday-school 
taught    in    the    old     square 
brick  church  on  South  Main 
street,  probably  the  first  Sun- 
day-school taught  in    Belle- 
fontaine. 

He     united     with     the 

church  at  18  years  of  age, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
George  A.  Gregg,  and  be- 
lieves he  is  the  first  son  of 
this  church  born,  baptized 
and  converted  in  it,  to  enter 
the  ministry. 

After  graduating  at  Mi- 
ami University,  he  taught 
some  years  as  Principal  of 
Greenfield  Academy,  at 
Greenfield,       Indiana.       He 

studied  theology  at  the  Western  Theological  Seminary,  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  and  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Sidney,  sitting  in  the 
little  brick  church  on  North  Main  street,  in  April,  1863.  After 
serving  in  the  pastorate  for  20  years  in  Western  Pennsylvania,  he 
has  been  for  the  last  16  years  a  pastor  in  Illinois.  He  has  been 
several  times  a  Commissioner  to  the  General  Assembly;  was  honor- 
ed with  the  Moderator's  chair  by  the  Synod  of  Illinois  in  1896,  and 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  by  his  alma  mater  in  1889. 
His  present  address  is  Golconda,  Illinois. 


REV.  JOSEPH   H.    STEVENSON,  D.  D. 


88 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY 


Rev.  JAMES  EDWARD  STEVENSON. 

James  Edward  Stevenson,  son  of  James  Edgar  and  Hannah 
Moore  (Hover)  Stevenson,  was  born  here  November  24,  1854. 
He   united   with   this   church    March    4,    1876,    and    joined    the 

Presbyterian  church  in  Ray- 
more,  Missouri,  in  the  spring 
of  1877.  He  has  been  Sup- 
erintendent of  the  Sunday- 
school  continually  since 
1884.  For  15  years  he  has 
spent  a  part  of  each  winter 
as  a  singing  evangelist  in 
the  weak  churches  of  Kan- 
sas City  Presbytery. 

In  April,  1894,  he  was 
elected  Chairman  of  the 
Presbyterial  Committee  of 
Publication  and  Sunday- 
school  Work  in  Kansas  City 
Presbytery,  and  in  1898  he 
was  elected  to  the  same  po- 
sition in  the  Synod  of  Mis- 
souri. 

At  the  spring  meeting  of 

the  Kansas  City  Presbyter}- 
of  1899,  h^  was  licensed  as  a 
local  evangelist,  and  since  January  ist,  1899,  he  has  been  supply- 
ing the  church  at  Raymore,  Missouri. 

Rev.  ROBERT  SCOTT  STEVENSON. 

Robert  Scott  Stevenson,  son  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  Ann 
(Kerr)  Stevenson,  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  was  born  January  15,  1859. 
In  the  spring  of  1874  he  entered  the  grammar  school,  Cambridge 
City,  Indiana,  where  he  continued  his  studies  until  graduation 
from  the  High  School,  1879.  I"  the  fall  he  entered  the  university, 
Bloomington,  Indiana,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1883.  The 
first  year  of  his  theological  course  was  spent  in  Princeton,  New 
Jersey,  the  second  and  third  in  McCormick,  Chicago,  where  he 
graduated,  1886.  Mr.  Stevenson  was  licensed  to  preach  in  the  spring 
of  1885,   by  the   Bellefontaine   Presbytery,  and   ordained   by   the 


REV.    JAMES   EDWARD   STEVENSON. 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


89 


same    Presbytery    in     April 
1886. 

In  April,  1886,  he  mar- 
ried a  college  class-mate, 
Kate  B.  Hoover,  Blooming- 
ton,  Indiana,  who  was  born 
February  25th,  1863.  His 
first  pastorate  was  in  Madi- 
son, South  Dakota,  where  in 
three  and  a  half  prosperous 
years  a  manse  was  built, 
and  the  church  much  in- 
creased in  strength.  The 
climate  was  severe,  and  for 
health's  sake  it  became  nec- 
essary to  seek  a  more  genial 
clime.  Beginning  with  Feb- 
ruary, 1890,  three  profitable 
years  were  spent  in  Eureka 
Springs,  Arkansas,  the  de- 
lightful    all-vear  round    re- 


MARV   ELIZABETH   STEVENSON. 


REV.    ROBERT    SCOTT    STEVENSON. 

sort  of  the  Ozark  mountains. 
In  February,  1893,  the  pres- 
ent pastorate,  Carmi,  Illi- 
nois, began,  and  has  con- 
tinued with  increasing  suc- 
cess. 

MARY  ELIZABETH 

STEVEXSON. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Steven- 
son, (Lizzie)  daughter  of 
Elder  T.  M.  Stevenson,  unit- 
ed with  the  church  during 
the  great  revival  in  which 
the  pastor,  Rev.  E.  P.  Raff- 
ensperger,  was  assisted  by 
Dr.  James  H.  Brookes. 

At  the  close  of  the  war 
she  gave  up  teaching  in  the 
North,  and  devoted  her  life 


90 


PREvSBYTERIAN  CHTJRCH  HISTORY. 


to  the  Freedmen.  Since  1867  she  has  spent  28  years  in  teaching 
and  missionary  work,  chiefly  in  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  Ander- 
sonville  and  Atlanta,  Georgia,  spending  26  3'ears  in  the  latter  citv. 
Her  present  address  is  Storrs,  Connecticnt. 

SUSANNA  STEVENSON. 

Susanna  Stevenson,  (Sue)  daughter  of  Elder  T.  M.  Stevenson, 
went  South  at  the  close  of  the  war  as  a  missionary  teacher  among 
the  Freedmen,  and  continvied  in  the  work,  with  some  interrup- 
tions, for  13  years. 

Her  first  school,  at  Knoxville,  Tennessee,  was  broken  up  bv 
the  "Ku-Klux-Klan."  She  was  one  of  the  teachers  in  the  open- 
ing years  of  Fiske  School,  now  Fiske  University,  at  Nashville, 
Tennessee.  For  twenty  years  she  has  been  a  teacher  in  the  public 
schools  of  Topeka,  Kansas. 

4     2*  * 

MRS.  JENNIE  STEVENSON-KOONS. 


MRS.    JENNIE    STEVENSON-KOONS    AND    SON. 

Hannah  Jane  Steven.son,  (Jennie)  sister  of  Sue  and  Lizzie,  was 
also  a  missionary  teacher  among  the  Freedmen.    "During  the  17 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


91 


years  she  continued  in  the  work,  more  than  3000  different  pupils 
came  under  her  instruction.  For  the  last  1 7  years  she  has  been 
the  wife  of  B.  F.  Koons,  President  of  Storrs  Colle^^e,  Storrs, 
Connecticut. 

LLTCINDA  A.  STEVENSON. 


MISS    EMMA    SILVER. 


MRS.  JOSIE    DOUGLASS. 


Lucinda  Ann  Stevenson,  was  the  first,  perhaps  the  only  mem- 
ber of  the  church  married  in  the  little  brick  building  at  the  head 
of  Main  street.  She  was  not  like  her  three  sisters,  a  missionary, 
but  her  two  daughters,  Miss  Emma  Silver  and  Mrs.  Josie 
Douglass,  are  missionaries  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions,  at  Shanghai,  China. 

MRS.  DORA  MARTIN  TAYLOR. 

Mrs.  Dora  Martin  Taylor  was  born  near  Bellefontaine,  Ohio, 
and  brought  up  in  the  Presbyterian  faith  and  teachings. 

She  graduated  from  the  Bellefontaine  High  School  and  after- 
wards from  Park  College,  Mi.ssouri. 

July  25,   1888,  she    married  Rev.  Hugh  Taylor  and  sailed  for 


92 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Lakaun   Laos,    in  Northern  Siani,  where  they  have  continued  to 
labor  ever  since  under  the  Presbvterian  Board. 


MRS.    DORA   MARTIN   TAYLOR. 

MARTHA  RACHEL.  W^YLIE. 

Martha  Rachel  Wylie,  daughter  of  Rev.  Preston  H.  and  Mary 
(George)  Wylie,  was  born  December  14,  1846,  in  Muskingum 
county,  Ohio,  in  the  vicinity  of  Zanesville.  She  attended  the 
common  school  for  the  most  part  in  Rushsylvania,  and  graduated 
in  her  college  course  in  Geneva  College,  at  Northwood,  in  the 
year  1875.  In  the  same  year  she  was  appointed  to  go  to  the  Syrian 
Mission,  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church,  and  left  home  to 
go  to  Latakia,  where  our  mission  was  located  about  the  middle  of 
August,  1875.  She  has  now  been  nearly  24  years  engaged  in  mis- 
sion work.  During  that  time  she  has  been  home  from  the  mission 
twice;  once  about  four  years  after  she  first  went  out,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  accompanying  a  lady  home  whose  mind  was  not  able  to  bear 
the  weight  of  missionary  work;  then  again  about  eight  years  ago. 
That  time  she  spent  about  a  year  in  the  home  land,  and  travelled 
extensivel}'   through    the  country,  lecturing    on    the    subject    of 


CHILDREN  OF  THE  CHURCH. 


93 


missions,  vShe  has  been  employed  a  good  deal  of  the  time  teach- 
ing, also  visiting  as  a  missionary  among  the  families  of  the  natives 
as  she  is  peculiarly  qualified  for  that  part  of  the  work. 

Before  going  to  the  mission  she  taught  several  terms  of  com- 
mon school  in  Bellefontaine  and  vicinity.     She  was  a   regular   at= 


MARTHA   RACHEL   WYLIE. 


tendant  of  this  church,  in  Mr.  Robert  Lamb's  Sunday-school  class, 
and  later  a  teacher  in  our  Sunday-school.  She  also  attended  sev- 
eral terms  of  the  Institute  that  was  held  in  Bellefontaine,  and  con- 
ducted under  the  management  of  Rev.  Mr.  Williamson. 


94  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Officers  of  the  Sunday- 
school. 

BY  JOHN   E.    ^VEST, 

"'I^he  vSabbath-schooi  is  the  church  in  her  orofanized   capacity,  teaching 
and  studying  the  Word  of  God." 


CHE  officers  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Sunday-school  of  Belle- 
fontaine,  so  far  as  they  can  now  be  ascertained,  have  been 
and  are  the  following: — 

Bennett,  Ezra,  superintendent,  1875;  assistant  stiperintendent, 
1874.     See  sketch.  • 

Bennett,  J.  Q.  A.,  secretary,  1886, 

Buchanan,  S.  A.,  superintendent,  1894;  assistant  superintend- 
ent, 1889-90-92-93-99.     See  sketch. 

Bradfute,  J.  A.,  assistant  superintendent,  1899-00. 

Collins,  Murpha,  assistant  superintendent,  1898. 

Campbell,  J.  D.,  superintendent,  1850.     See  sketch. 

Campbell  J.  Q.  A.,  superintendent  1881-82-83-84;  assistant 
superintendent,  1871-91.     See  sketch. 

Campbell,  Claire,  pianist,  1894  to  1897. 

Chalfant,  R.  W.,  assistant  superintendent,  1898-99. 

Dorwin,  Philo,  chorister  prior  to  1862;  superintendent  about 
1855-56.     See  sketch. 

Chalfant,  Mrs.  Margaret,  assistant  superintendent  1889  to  1897. 

Durkee,  Eben,  superintendent  prior  to  1867  to  1874.  See  sketch. 

Davies,  Rev.  G.  E.,  pastor,   1899-00. 

Davis,  J.  G.,  assistant  stiperintendent,  1895-96-97. 

Emery,  Jennie,  secretary,  1898-99-00. 

Fromme,  W.  F. ,  librarian,  1881-82;  treasurer,  1885-86-87-88. 

Faris,  W.  D.,  superintendent  home  department,  1900. 

Fulton,  A.,  superintendent,  1874.     See  sketch. 

Galbreath,  J.  M.,  secretary-,  1870-76. 

Hoover,  Wm.,  assistant  superintendent,  1878. 

Jordan,  Clara,  secretary,  1889-90. 

Kalb,  Dr.  G.  L.,  pastor,  1863  to  1899;  superintendent  1867. 

Kalb,  G.  B.,  librarian,    1880. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOI..  95 

Keller,  R.  B.,  assistant  superintendent,  1900.     See  sketch. 

Kennedy,  John,  treasurer,  1891-92. 

Kerr,  J.  M  ,  secretary,  18S1;  treasurer  1882;  librarian,  1885  to 
1891;  assistant  librarian,  1892. 

Kerr,  H.  S.,  treasurer,  1889. 

Lemen,  May,  secretary,  1891-92, 

Leonard,  Frank,  assistant  secretary  and  librarian,  1900. 

Marmon,  L,.  H.,  treasurer,  1878-79;  secretary,   1883. 

McColloch,  Wm.,  superintendent,  187 1;  assistant  superintend- 
ent, 1877.  Superintendent  or  assistant  most  of  the  time  from  1854 
to  1868.     See  sketch. 

McColloch,  R.  P.,  secretary,  1878-79-80. 

McCracken,  Minnie,  secretary,  1894-95-96-97;  assistant  secre- 
tary and  librarian,  1899-00. 

Mcllvaine,  J.  A.,  superintendent  prior  to  1874.     See  sketch, 

McLaughlin,  Charles,  treasurer  and  secretary,  1862-67, 

McLaughlin,  J,  D.,  superintendent,  1879-80-88;  assistant  sup- 
erintendent, 1876-84-85-86.     See  sketch. 

McCracken,  Frank  G.,  treasurer,  1899-00;  assistant  librarian, 
1895-98. 

McLaughlin,  Robert,  librarian,  1883. 

McLaughlin,  C.  A.,  librarian,  1891. 

McKee,  W.  L.,  librarian,  1892  to  1900. 

McMillen,  Prima,  assistant  pianist,  1898-99-00. 

Miller,  David  J.,  superintendent,  1862-63-64-66-76-77;  assistant 
superintendent  1880  to  1883.     See  sketch. 

Miller,  H.  R.,  treasurer,  1881;  secretary  1882. 

Niven,  J.  B.,  librarian,  1878;  secretary,  1887;  assistant  secre- 
tary, 1886. 

Patterson,  Robert,  superintendent  prior  to  i860.     See  sketch. 

Patterson,  Kdward,  librarian,  1874  to  1877. 

Patterson,  E.  W.,  treasurer,  1880-83-84. 

Pettit,  Andrew,  secretary,  1877. 

Riddle,  J.  M.,  treasurer,  1876-77. 

Riddle,  W.  W.,  treasurer,  1893  to  1898. 

Ridgeway,  Arthur,  cornetist,   1894. 

Robb,  Joshua,  first  superintendent.     See  sketch. 

Shav^',  Joseph,  superintendent  prior  to  1874.     See  sketch, 

Stevenson,  Joseph,  superint^^ndent  prior  to  i860.     See  sketch. 

Stevenson,  Pogue,  superintendent  prior  to  1874.     See  sketch. 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Stevenson,  G.  M.,  superintendent,  1885-86-87;  assistant  super- 
intendent.    See  sketch. 

St.  John,  R.  H.,  superintendent,  1872.     See  sketch. 

Taylor,  T.  O.,  assistant  superintendent,  1887. 

Thompson,  Mable,  secretary,  1893. 

Turner,,  Mrs,  Anna,  pianist,  1898-99-00. 

Wallace,  J.  P.,  superintendent.  1878.     See  sketch. 

West,  J.  E.,  superintendent,  1889  to  1893,  1895  to  1900;  assist- 
ant superintendent,  1888-94.     See  sketch. 

Wood,  R.  B.,  assistant  superintendent  home  department,  1900. 

DR.  ABRAHAM  FULTON. 

Abraham  Fulton,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret  Fulton, 
was  born  about  1814,  at  Can- 


nonsburg.  Pa.  He  was  rais- 
ed in  Stark  county  and  Sid- 
ney, Ohio;  educated  at  Ohio 
Medical  College.  He  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Sidney, 
West  Liberty,  Bellefontaine 
and  Rushsylvania. 

Dr.  Fulton  united  with 
this  church.  May  2,  1866,  by 
letter.  He  was  a  very  active 
and  prominent  man  in  this 
church,  and  a  Superintend- 
ent of  our  Sunday-school. 

He  died  here  December 
14,  1874. 

He  married  Lucretia  P. , 
daughter  of  William  H,  and 
Jane  Huntington,  of  Zanes- 
ville,  Ohio.  See  personal 
sketch,  "Missionaries." 


DR.  ABRAHAM    FULTON. 


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REV.  JOSEPH  SHAM^ 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Shaw,  who  died  in  Bellefontaine  December 
nth,  1875,  aged  58  years  and  4  months,  was  born  in  Kentuck}-, 
August  nth,  1817.  In  early  years  he  was  brought  by  his  parents 
to  Brown  county,  Ohio,  where   he   grew   up.     Educated   for   the 


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97 


ministry  in  the  Associate  Presbyterian  church,  he  graduated  at 
Franklin  College,  New  Athens,  Ohio, — where  he  studied  theology 
is  not  known  to  the  writer  of  this; — but  at  the  age  of  22  he  was 
settled  as  pastor  at  West  Alexander,  Pa.,  where  he  served  in  a 
fruitful  ministry  12  years.     In  1839  he  married  Miss  Naomi  Waite, 

of  x\dams  county,  Ohio. 
On  account  of  throat  disease 
he  gave  up  for  a  time  the  reg- 
ular work  of  the  ministry 
afcer  his  first  pastorate,  and 
gave  himself  to  teaching. 
For  three  years,  1852-55,  he 
taught  at  Georgetown,  Ohio. 
In  1S55  he  first  came  to  Belle- 
fontaine  as  pastor  of  the  As- 
sociate church,  and  preached 
and  taught  'till  1859.  From 
1859  to  i860  he  was  Superin- 
tendent of  the  public 
schools  in  Sidney,  Ohio. 
From  1 86 1  for  three  years, 
he  was  Principal  of  Hope- 
well Academy,  near  Frank- 
lin, Indiana  In  the  mean- 
time he  had  entered  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Re- 
turning to  Bellefontaine  in 
1864,  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business.  In  the  summer  of  1866  he 
supplied  the  pulpit  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  during  the 
illness  of  the  pastor.  In  the  fall  of  the  sams  year,  daring  the  sick- 
ness of  Mr.  McKee,  Superintendent  of  schools,  he  was  put  in  his 
place,  and  on  Mr.  McKee's  death  was  chosen  his  successor. 
He  continued  in  this  office  six  years,  resigning  in  1872.  Leaving 
his  family  in  Bellefontaine,  he  next  spent  two  years  in  Maryland, 
teaching  and  preaching.  Returning  to  his  family  after  less  than 
two  3'ears,  he  was  called  to  his  rest.  Thus  almost  all  of  his  adult  life 
was  devoted  to  the  service  of  humanity  in  one  or  the  other  of  two 
self-denying  callings. 

He  was  a  good  man  and  faithful  and  a  help  to  this  church  in 
ever3^  way  in  his  power. 


REV.    JOSEPH    SHAW. 


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PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


R.    H.    St.    JOHN. 


Mr.  R.  H.  St.  John  came 
to  Belief ontaine  about  1850. 

He  united  with  this 
church  September  5,  1868, 
and  was  elected  Superintend- 
ent of  the  Sabbath-school. 

He  subsequent!}'  remov- 
ed to  Springfield, but  his  pres- 
ent residence  is  Cleveland, 
Ohio. 

Mr  St.  John  is  a  me- 
chanical engineer,  and  is  en- 
gaged in  manufacturing. 

He  married  Rebecca  J. 
Toland.  Mrs.  St.  John 
united  with  this  church  Jan- 
uary 2,  1857. 

Children: — Charles,  res- 
idence Chicago;  Ida,  mar- 
ried Mr.  Schaeffer,  residence 
Cleveland;  Sallie,  died  at 
Toledo;  Edward,  also  died 
at  Toledo, 


R.   H.   ST.   JOHN. 


PHILO    DORWIN. 

Philo  Dorwin  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Vermont,  and  remain- 
ed in  his  native  state  'till  he  was  grown.  He  enlisted  in  the  war 
of  18 1 2,  and  was  a  part  of  the  army  that  defeated  the  British  in  the 
battle  of  Plattsburg,on  Lake  Champlain.  Leaving  Vermont, he  went 
into  business  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  and  afterwards  at  Philadel- 
phia and  Chicago.  He  was  in  business  at  the  latter  place  when  it  was 
but  a  small  village.  He  moved  to  Logan  county  from  Troy,  Ohio, 
and  came  to  Bellefontaine  in  1852.  He  united  with  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  1823,  and  became  a  member  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian church,  of  Bellefontaine,  and  Superintendent  of  our  Sab- 
bath-school soon  after  coming  to  our  city.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  choir  for  many  years,  having  a  fine  voice  and  being  a  gentle- 
man of  good  musical  education  and  much  talent. 

He  died  at  his  home  in  B.ellefontaine  October  6,  1870,  aged  73 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  SUNDAY-SCHOOI^.  99 

years,  2  months  and  21  days.     He  was  a  man  of  kindly  disposition, 
a  good  neighbor,  an  indulgent  parent  and  an  excellent  citizen. 

Mrs.  Urania  Dorwin,  his  wife,  died  in  Gett^^sburg,  Ohio, 
about  1874,  aged  80. 

EBEN  DURKEE. 

Eben  Durkee,  son  of  Mason  and  Mary  (Warner)  Durkee,  was 
born  October  10,  1S09,  in  Pittsfield,  Vermont. 

Mr.  Durkee  moved  to  Stokes  township,  L,oga"  county,  in  1850 
or  1 85 1,  where  he  purchased  and  cultivated  a  farm. 

He  was  a  member  and  a  deacon  of  the  Richland  Presbyterian 
church,  of  Stokes  township. 

In  1857,  the  Lewi^town  Reservoir  having  rendered  that  sec- 
tion very  unhealthy,  he  moved  to  Bellefontaine  and  engaged  in 
the  insurance  business. 

He  united  with  this  church  June  25,  1857,  and  was  elected  a 
deacon  November  26,  1857,  and  later  Superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day-school. 

Mr.  Durkee  married  Nancy,  daughter  of  Alba  Durkee,  of 
Pottsdam,  New  York,  who  died  here  October  31,  1886,  aged  75. 

Mr.  Durkee  died  here  April  8,  1889,  aged  79. 

Children:— Celia,  died,  aged  16;  Mary,  died  in  App^eton, 
Wisconsin,  1899,  aged  59;  Nettie,  died  in  infanc}-;  Elizabeth,  died 
at  Dayton,  Ohio;  Alma  J.,  residence  Columbus,  Ohio;  Persis  E., 
residence  Bellefontaine,  Ohio. 

DAVID  J.  MILLER. 

David  J.  Miller,  son  of  Rev.  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Marsh)  Mil- 
ler, was  born  in  May^  1830,  in  Starke  county,  Ohio. 

At  the  age  of  23  he  moved  to  Bellefontaine  and  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  carriages,  in  connection  with  which  he  has  been . 
employed  ever  since. 

He  united  with  this  church  March  21,  1857,  by  profession, 
and  was  ordained  a  deacon  November  26,  of  the  same  year.  He 
served  in  that  capacity  until  his  removal  to  Muncie,  Indiana,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1 87 1. 

Mr.  Miller  was  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school  from 
1862  to  1866,  and  in  1876  and  1877,  and  Assistant  Superintendent 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORV. 


man}"  years. 

Returning  from  Muncie^ 
he  re-united  with  this  church 
and    was   elected   trustee   in 

1875-76-77. 

Deacon  Miller  has  been 
a  very  faithful  and  efficient 
member  of  this  chvirch  and 
Sunday-school. 

-He  married  in  1854, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Sam- 
viel  Huffman,  of  Cohimbiana 
county,  Ohio, 

Mrs.  Miller  united  with 
this  church  March  21,  1857. 
She  died  here  June  8,  1897, 

Children: — Eva  Dorn, 
died,  aged  14;  Charles,  resi- 
dence,   Bellefontaine,    Ohio. 


DAVID   J.   MILLER, 


GEORGE  P.  STEVENSON. 

George  P.  Stevenson,  son  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  Ann  Stev- 
enson, was  born  December  5,  1840.  He  united  with  this  church 
in  January,  1857,  He  was  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school 
prior  to  1874. 

His  first  marriage  was  to  Jeanette  L,  Graham,  nee  Thompson, 
March  22,  1864,  who  died  in  February  1865,  leaving  one  son.  His 
second  marriage  was  to  Wilhelmina  B.  Carr,  October  22,  1870.  To 
them  three  sons  and  four  daughters  were  born,  and  all  are  now 
living.  He  was  ordained  a  ruling  elder  in  Cambridge  City,  In- 
diana. 

He  was  an  elder  and  Clerk  of  the  Session  in  Zanesfield,  Ohio, 
from  June  15,  1879,  to  March  21,  1880, 


CHRISTIAN  ENDEAVOR  SOCIETIES. 


lOI 


Christian   Endeavor   So- 
cieties. 

"For  Christ  and  the  church  we  stand, 
United  heart  and  hand; 
Our  lives  we  give,  henceforth  to  live 
'For  Christ  and  the  church.' " 


THE    YOUNG    PEOPLES'    SOCIETY    OF    CHRISTIAN 

ENDEAVOR. 

CHE  Young  Peoples'  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  was  first 
organized  in   1885  under  the  influence  of  the  "continued 
meetings"  of  that  year;  first  by  the  A^oung  ladies  holding 
prayer-meetings,     followed     by     the 
young  men  holding  similar  meetings, 
and  the  two  uniting  and  forming  an 
association      under      the      name      of 
"The      Young      Peoples'      Society." 
Messrs.  T.  S.  Brown   and   J.  E.  West 
were  very  active  in  its  organization. 

It  was  reorganized  and  .  formed 
into  a  Young  Peoples'  Society  of 
Christian  Endeavor  about  1887. 

In  1889  the  society  joined  the  Ohio 
C.  E.  Union  and  United  Society  of  C. 
E.  Was  represented  at  a  state  con- 
vention and  the  members  took  the 
regular  C.  E.  pledge.  The  same  year 
it  engaged  to  support  and  educate  an 
orphan  girl  of  North  Carolina,  nam- 
ed Elizabeth   Tucker,*   which   it   has 


ELIZABETH  TUCKER. 


*Elizabeth  Tucker,  daughter  of  Frank  and  Marj^  Tucker,  was  born  in 
1880  in  Stanley'  covintj^  North  Carolina,  near  Albemarle. 

Her  parents  both  dying  in  1890,  she  was  placed  with  her  sister  in  White 
Hall  School.  From  there  they  went  to  "Sunderland,"  she  entering  the  Nor- 
mal and  Collegiate  Institute  in  Asheville,  where  she  hopes  to  graduate  in  1900. 

After  that  her  plans  are  to  teach;  one  year's  service  will  be  given  to  "Sun- 
derland." Her  last  four  vacations  have  been  spent  in  teaching.  She  calls  her 
uncle's  house  in  Concord,  North  Carolina,  "Home." 

Writing  to  the  members  of  the  Chri.stian  Endeavor  Society  here,  who 
have  paid  her  schooling  expenses  during  the  last  ten  years,  she  says:  "I  would 
be  delighted  to  visit  j'ou,  and  am  in  hopes  of  doing  so,  for  I  am  anxious  to  see 
tho.se  who  have  done  so  much  for  me." 


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CHRISTIAN  ENDEAVOR  SOCIETIES. 


103 


GEORGE  CURTIS  DOOLITTLE. 


continued  to  do  up  to  the  present  time. 
Her  college  course  will  be  completed 
next  spring. 

During  the  winter  of  18^^2-93,  a 
piano  was  bought  for  the  lecture  room. 
The  Sunday-school  contributed  123 
toward  this,  and  the  Ladies'  Aid  So- 
ciety gave  much  encouragement  and 
substantial  aid  in  raising  money.  The 
Junior  Society  of  C.  E.  was  organized 
in  1892.  The  Fulton  Pledge  was 
adopted  by  a  number  of  C  E.  members 
about  189 1.  This  has  been  kept  up 
until  the  present.  During  the  past 
year  the  society  has  contributed  150 
to  the  support  of  Rev.  Mr.  Doolittle.t 
a  missionary  in  Syria. 


tGeorge  Curtis  Doolittle,  son  of  Charles  C.  and  Emily  H.  Doolittle,  was 
born  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  1867.  He  was  brought  up  in  the  Sabbath-school  and 
Mission  Bands  of  Westminster  church  in  that  city,  and  from  that  church  was 
ordained  to  the  ministry  and  to  the  work  of  Foreign  Missions,  to  which  he 
had  pledged  himself  while  a  student  at  Oberlin  College.  Graduating  from  Mc- 
Cormick  Theological  Seminary  in  Apiil  1893,  ordained  and  married,  he  and  his 
wife  sailed  for  Syria  May  20th  of  that  year,  being  first  located  at  Sidon.  Three 
years  were  spent  here  in  the  language  study,  assisting  the  work  as  far  as  pos- 
sible. Since  then  he  has  been  at  Abeih,  associated  with  the  Veteran  Mission- 
ary, Rev.  Wm.  Bird. 

Great  activity  characterizes  his  life.  Very  much  time  is  spent  on  horse- 
back going  from  village  to  village  of  the  twenty-four  that  form  Abeih's  out- 
stations.  He  preaches  in  the  native  churches,  visits  the  poor  and  sick,  bring- 
ing Christ  to  the  people. 


THE    JUNIOR    SOCIETY    OF    CHRISTIAN 
ENDEAVOR. 

The  Junior  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  was  organized  in 
1892.  The  Superintendents  have  been: — Miss  Georgia  Coulter, 
Miss  Mary  Kennedy,  Miss  Bertie  Rife,  Mr.  W.  R.  Niven,  Mrs.  A. 
C.  Elliott,  Miss  Minnie  McCracken,  Miss  Bess  Riddle,  Miss  Mar- 
garet Wallace,  Miss  Maud  Coulter,  Mr.  LeRoy  Blessing,  Miss 
Florence  Dodds,  Mr.  J.  A.  Bradfute. 


104  PRKSBVTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 


History  of  the  Mis8io:\- 

ARY  Societies  of 

This  Church. 

Though  few  and  small  and  weak  3'our  bands, 

Strong  in  5'our  Captain's  strength,  ^ 

Go  to  the  conquest  of  all  lands;  - 

All  must  be  His  at  length. 


THE   MISSIOXARY   SOCIETY. 

a  SOCIETY  was  formed  among  the  women  of  the  Presby- 
terian families  living  north,  north-east  and  north-west  of 
Bellefontaine  about  or  prior  to  1845,  which  was  called  "The 
Missionary  Society,"  bnt  commonly  known  as  the  "Sewing  So- 
ciety." The  meetings  were  held  ever  alternate  Thursday  after- 
noon, either  at  "Father"  Stevenson's  residence  or  at  the  residence 
of  some  of  the  members. 

The  women  of  the  following  families,  as  well  as  others,  were 
probably  all  members:— Stevensons,  Kerrs,  Paris,  Byers,  McCoys, 
Lambs. 

Each  member  contributed  in  money,  clothing,  etc.,  what  she 
felt  able  at  each  meeting.  Boxes  of  goods  were  made  up  and 
sent  to  missionaries  and  their  families  in  Asia  and  other  parts  of 
the  world.  The  pastors,  "Father"  Stevenson  and  Rev.  Mr.  Gregg, 
would  ver}'  frequently  give  them  a  missionary  talk  or  stor}-. 

The  prayer-meeting  held  every  other  Thursday  afternoon  at 
"Father"  Stevenson's  for  forty-five  years  was  an  important  factor 
in  the  establishment  and  sustaining  of  this  Missionary  Society. 

This  society  continued  until  about  the  time  the  "Woman's 
Missionary  vSociety"  started. 

Undoubtedly  a  great  many  others  were  members  besides  those 
mentioned,  among  them  Mrs.  Gregg,  Mrs.  McCormick,  Mrs.  Pol- 
lock and  Mrs.  Wilson. 

THE    WOMAN'S    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY. 

This  society,  whose  object  is  "To  secure  systematic  contribu- 
tions for  Home  and  Foreign  Missions,  and  to  disseminate  mission- 


woman's  missionary  societies. 


105 


ary  intelligence  and  encourage  missionary  effort  in  our  church," 
was  organized  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Robert  McCracken,  south  east 
corner  of  Mad  River  street  and  Chillicothe  avenue,  on  November 
4th,  1871,  with  17  charter  members  During  the  year  the  mem- 
bership increased  to  40.  For  several  years  we  met  weekly  for  sew- 
ing, taking  orders  for  our  work  and  replenishing  our  treasury  with 
the  proceeds  of  our  labor  in  addition  to  our  voluntary  contribu- 
tions. 

After  five  years  of  work  and  secret  prayer,  we  gained  courage 
to  undertake  the  monthly  devotional  meeting,  which  is  held  on 
the  last  Friday  of  each  month  at  2:30  p.  m.  It  has  proven  to  be 
an  hour,  not  only  of  intellectual  and 
spiritual  enjoyment,  but  also  of  chris- 
tian training  and  special  blessing  to 
many  women.  We  also  have  a  social 
meeting  on  the  second  Friday  after- 
noon of  each  month  at  the  home  of 
one  of  the  members.  The  contribu- 
tions have  been  divided  as  nearly 
equally  as  possible  between  the  Home 
Missions,  including  the  Freedmen 
Mission,  and  Foreign  Missions,  any 
deficit  in  money  sent  to  Home  Mis- 
sions being  more  than  made  up  in 
value  of  boxes  of  clothing  sent  to 
home  missionaries.  We  supported  a 
scholarship  in  Salt  Lake  Collegiate 
Institute  for  about  20  3'ears,  and  have 
contributed    our    proportion    to     the 

*Miss  Alice  Mitchell.  M.  D.,  i.s  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Arthur  and  Mrs., 
Harriet  Post  Mitchell.  Dr.  Mitchell  was  an  honored  and  talented  Presbyter- 
ian minister,  whose  death  in  the  prime  of  manhood,  while  serving  the  church 
as  .Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  was  sincerely  lamented.  Mrs. 
Mitchell's  brother.  Rev.  George  E.  Post,  M.  D.,  is  resident  physician  in  charge 
of  St.  John's  Hospital  at  Beirut,  Syria. 

It  is  not  .surprising  that  their  daughter  should,  in  early  girlhood,  have  a 
desire  to  become  a  Foreign  Mi.ssionarj%  and  being  encouraged  bv  her  father 
she  began  to  prepare  for  this  work,  adding  the  study  of  medicine'  to  her  regu- 
lar college  course.  In  18S8  she  was  appointed  by  the  Heard  to  go  to  China,  1  ut 
a  severe  and  protracted  illness  prevented  her  acceptance.  In  1895,  having  re- 
covered her  health,  she  again  offered  herself  for  the  work,  and  was  sent  by 
the  Woman's  Foreign  Mi.ssionary  Society,  of  the  Presbj'terian  church,  to 
Woodstock  School,  India,  where  she  has  since  March  ist,  1S96,  been  a  faithful 
and  successful  teacher  and  resident  phy.sician,  and  is  the  Foreign  Mi.ssionary 
supported  by  the  Woman's  Pre.sbyterial  Mi.ssionary  Societv.  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Bellefontaine. 


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woman's  missionary  societies.  107 

teachi;rs  supported  by  our  Presbyterial  Society.  Miss  Mary  Hart- 
well  and  Mrs.  Dora  Martin  Taylor  were  our  representatives  for 
many  years  in  Siam.  At  present  we  contribute  to  the  support  of 
Miss  Alice  Mitchell,  M.  D.,  at  Woodstock,  India,  and  Miss  S.  M. 
Williams,  at  Talequah,  Indian  Territory,  also  to  a  medical  dispen- 
sary at  Lahore,  India,  and  for  work  among  the  Freedmen  in  the 
South. 

Two  of  our  members  have  been  workers  in  the  Home  Mission 
field: — Mrs.  Mattie  Byers-Fehl,  for  several  years  a  teacher  in  Utah, 
and  Mrs.  Alice  Irwin  Ghormley,  of  Moscow,  Idaho. 

We  were  instrumental  in  organizing  and  sustaining  for  ten 
years  a  Mission  Band  which  encouraged  and  educated  a  mission- 
ary spirit  in  the  children  of  the  church,  which  work  has  since  been 
under  the  care  of  the  Christian  Endeavor  Society. 

The  amount  of  money  sent  to  Foreign  Missions  is  $3,049.39, 
to  Home  Missions  12,295.88.     The  membership  at  present  is  104. 

If    ¥ 

YOUNG    LADIES'    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY. 

The  Young  Ladies'  Missionary  Society  was  organized  in  1888 
for  the  purpose  of  assisting  in  the  missionary  work  of  the  church. 
There  were  few  business  or  devotional  meetings,  but  many  for 
sewing,  quilting,  etc.  Mite  socials  and  praise  meetings  were  held. 
About  120  per  year  was  raised  and  paid  to  the  Presbyterial  Mis- 
sionary Society.  This  society  joined  the  Woman's  Missionary 
Society  February  22,  1891. 

Among  the  officers  were  Presidents  Carrie  Beelman  and  Mame 
Kalb;  Vice  President,  Mame  Kalb;  Treasurers,  Anna  Kerr  and 
Mabel  Thompson;  Secretary,  Carrie  Beelman.  The  following 
were  also  probably  officers: — Bertie  Rife,  May  Lemen  and  Eva 
Byers. 

The  members  were: — Cora  Allen,  Beth  Defrees,  Eva  Byers, 
Mary  Kennedy,  Minnie  McCracken,  Ada  Tarbutton,  Hattie  Pettit, 
Clara  Jordan,  Anna  Kerr,  Bertha  Thompson,  Georgia  Coulter,  Lola 
Brown,  Mame  Kalb,  Bertha  Campbell,  May  McCracken,  Laura 
McCormick,  Alice  Weaver,  Mattie  Loofborrow,  May  Lemen,  Sarah 
Knight,  Mame  Emery,  Lou  Boyd,  Carrie  Beelman,  Bertie  Rife, 
Mabel  Thompson,  Tempa  McCracken,  Carlotta  Price,  Mertie  Arm- 
strong, Maggie  McColloch,  Emma  Shaw,  Edith  Niven,  Bess  Rid- 
dle and  Jennie  Howenstine. 


lo8  PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

THK    MISSION    BAND. 

The  ^lission  Band  was  organized  by  Mrs.  Margaret  Riddle  and 
Miss  Alice  Irwin  among  the  Sabbath-school  children  in  1877. 

The  membership  was  large  and  enthusiastic,  and  the  spirit  of 
helping  was  well  taught 

It  continued  its  regular  meetings  and  work  until  the  members 
largely  became  engaged  in  the  mission  work  of  the  Christian  En- 
deavor Society,  and  until  the  Sunday-school  began  taking  collec- 
tions for  mission  work. 

Between  three  and  four  hundred  dollars  are  known  to  have 
been  sent  to  the  Mission  Board  by  this  children's  society  between 
1877  and  1888.     It  was  discontinued  in  1890. 

In  1879  the  children  in  this  society  also  raised  about  one  hun- 
dred dollars  for  the  furnishing  of  the  church  by  an  operetta.  In- 
teresting exercises  were  held  every  three  months  in  the  church. 

Dr.  Kalb's  presence  added  dignit}-  and  interest. 

Mrs.  Alice  Irwin-Ghormly  writes:  "In  1883,  under  the  lead 
of  Miss  Emma  Byers,  the  society  sent  to  the  Third  Presbyterian 
church,  of  Portland,  Oregon,  the  communion  service  of  silver, 
beautifully  engraved,  that  still  gives  good  service  in  that  church 
and  which  constantly  bears  strong  testimony  for  the  Master.  My 
early  experience  in  preparing  programs  for  the  Band  meetings  gave 
me  some  points  that  have  been  helpful  to  me  in  later  years." 

No  records  of  the  Band  have  been  found.  Among  the  very 
active  officers  and  managers  were  Mrs.  Margaret  Riddle,  Miss  Alice 
Irwin,  Miss  Carrie  Beelman,  Miss  Emma  Byers,  Mrs.  Margaret 
Chalfant  and  Miss  Edith  Niven. 


ladies'  aid  societies.  109 


History  of   the    ladies 
Aid  Societies. 


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lyike  incense  sweet,  the  perfume  rare 
Rose  through  the  house  aid  sought  the  skies, 
And  thou  didst  own  with  blessings  there, 
A  woman's  loving  sacrifice. 


THE    FEMALE    BENEVOLENT    ASSOCIATION. 

CHE  Female  Benevolent  Association  was  organized  in  Decem- 
ber, 1846,  to  raise  funds  for  the  finishing  and  furnishing 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  the  building  now  occupied  by 
the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church. 

There  is  no  list  of  the  members,  but  the  following  were  prob- 
ably some  of  them: — Mrs.  Mary  E.  Kennedy,  Mrs.  Ann  M.  McCrack- 
en.  Miss  Mary  Stanton,  Mrs.  Walter  Slicer,  Mrs.  Hannah  Steven- 
son, Mrs.  Rhoda  Campbell,  Mrs.  Mary  Ann  Bennett,  Mrs.  Wm. 
Kerr,  Mrs.  Eliza  S.  Patterson,  Mrs.  Jane  Taylor,  Miss  Jane  Wal- 
ker, Mrs.  Sarah  Bell  Chambers,  Mrs.  Margaret  Stevenson,  Miss 
Elizabeth  Slicer,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Moore,  Mrs.  Margaret  Pollock, 
Mrs.  Rachel  Cobain,  Mrs.  Mary  Byers,  Mrs.  Sarah  Stevenson,  Mrs. 
Martha  Kerr,  Mrs.  Nancy  Wilson,  Mrs.  Phoebe  Ann  Dawson,  Mrs. 
Harriett  Gregg,  Mrs.  Mary  Miller,  Mrs.  Margaret  Henderson, 
Mrs.  Susannah  Marquis. 

Fairs  were  held  at  the  old  church  building  on  South  Main 
street  and  at  the  new  warehouse  of  Robert  Patterson,  Sr.,  and 
much  work  and  sewing  was  done  by  the  ladies.  Several  hundred 
dollars  were  raised.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Kennedy  was  treasurer,  probab- 
ly Mrs.  Margaret  Pollock  president,  and  Miss  Mary  Stanton  secre- 
tary at  first.  Other  members  who  were  especially  active  were: — 
Mrs.  Ann  McCracken,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Campbell,  Mrs.  Martha  Kerr, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Slicer  Mrs.  Hannah  Stevenson,  Mrs.  Eliza  S.  Pat- 
terson, Miss  Jane  Walker. 

THE    MITE    SOCIETY. 

In  1867  the  church  purchased  the  present  church  site  and  de- 
cided to  erect  the  present  edifice.     The  ladies,  as  usual,  wanted  to 


I  lO  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

do  all  they  could  to  help  and  organized,  probably  July  2,  1867,  this 
society.  It  continued  in  active  existence  for  eight  or  ten  years, 
helping  to  finish  and  furnish  the  basement  room  of  the  church, 
and  continuing  meetings  irregularly  until  about  1875.  A  large 
amount  of  money  was  raised  during  that  time,  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  church  were  brought  into  intimate  and  pleasing 
acquaintance  with  each  other.  A  similar  organization  may  have 
been  in  existence  during  the  period  of  the  Civil  War. 

The  following  were  probably  members: — Mrs.  Margaret  Pol- 
lock, Mrs.  Nancy  Wilson,  Mrs.  Sarah  McCracken,  Mrs.  Mary 
Emery,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Kennedy,  Miss  Alice  McCollocli  (Brown,) 
Mrs.  Hepsie  Parker  and  daughters,  Mrs.  Jane  Defrees,  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Miller,  Mrs.  Emily  Frey,  Mrs.  Naomi  Shaw,  Mrs.  John  Mc- 
Ilvaine,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Nichols,  Miss  Anna  Stover,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
W.  West,  Miss  Jennie  Kerr,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Knox,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Davis,  Miss  Maggie  Wallace  (Riddle, )  Mrs.  Sarah  Emery,  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Patterson,  Mrs.  Berry  Smith,  Miss  Jane  Walker,  Mrs. 
Mary  Kalb,  Miss  Mattie  Bigham  (Steen,)  Mrs.  Nancy  McColloch, 
Miss  Calvina  McColloch,  Mrs.  Rebecca  St.  John,  Mrs.  Davis  Paris, 
Miss  Alice  Stover,  Mrs.  Nancy  Wright,  Mrs.  Robert  Kerr. 

The  following  were  probably  some  of  the  officers: — Mrs.  Mar- 
garet Pollock,  president;  Mrs.  Nancy  Wilson,  treasurer;  Mrs. 
Charlotte  Knox,  president;  Miss  Maggie  Riddle,  president  and 
secretary;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Patterson,  president;  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Ken- 
nedy, treasurer;  Mrs.  Rebecca  St.  John,  treasurer;  Mrs.  Sarah 
Davis,  vice  president;  Mrs.  Sarah  McCracken,  treasurer;  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  W.  W^est,  president;  Mrs.  Mary  Emery,  vice  president. 
In  1868  Robert  Lamb  was  permanent  trustee.  Miss  Alice  McCol- 
loch, treasurer;  Mrs.  E.  Patterson  and  Messrs.  E.  Bennett  and 
Edward  Patterson,  auditing  committee. 

The  constitution  of  the  Mite  Society  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
of  Bellefontaine  stated  that  the  object  was  "raising  funds  for  furn- 
ishing and  finishing  the  new  Presbyterian  church  3'et  to  be  built. 

"Any  person  can  become  a  member  by  paying  twenty-five 
cents. 

"Meet  every  two  weeks. 

"Unlawful  to  pass  refreshments. 

"Officers: — President,  vice  president,  secretary,  treasurer. 
Term  of  office,  three  months.  Two  committees.  Managing  and 
Auditing.     A  permanent  trustee." 


ladies'  aid  SOCIETIKS.  Ill 

THE    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    SOCIAI.. 
[LADIES'    AID    SOCIETY.] 

This  society  v/as  organized  on  the  evening  of  March  5,  1878, 
by  the  ladies  of  the  church  for  the  purpose  of  raising  funds 
for  paying  the  church  debt,  and  to  promote  good  feeling  and  so- 
ciability among  the  members  of  the  church  and  congregation. 

By  m^ans  of  entertainments  given  by  it  the  debt  was  paid,  the 
present  pipe  organ  was  bought,  funds  were  raised  for  repairing 
the  church  building  several  times;  for  painting  and  decorating  the 
audience  room,  papering  and  painting  the  other  rooms  of  the 
church,  and  the  purchasing  of  all  the  carpets  and  furnishings  of 
the  church. 

During  the  27  years  this  society  has  been  in  existence  it  has 
raised  over  $6,000,  by  means  of  the  various  entertainments  given. 
They  have  been  lectures,  concerts,  bazaars,  markets,  fairs,  sup- 
pers, etc. 

The  mutual  interest  and  effort  has  brought  the  ladies  into  bet- 
ter acquaintance  with  each  other  and  greatly  strengthened  their 
zeal  for  the  cause.  The  value  of  their  faithfulness  and  their  sacri- 
fices for  the  benefit  of  the  church  cannot  be  easily  estimated. 

The  entertainments  have  been  a  great  factor  in  the  social  and 
moral  upbuilding  of  the  congregation.  The  first  mention  found  of 
it  in  the  records  as  the  '"Ladies'  Aid  Society,"  was  in  1889.  The 
following  have  been  the  officers  so  far  as  now  known : 


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TEMPORARY   SUPPLIES    AND 
EVANGELISTS. 

There  have  been  several  others  whose  valuable   services   de- 
serve mention. 


W^ILLIAM  H.  BABBITT. 

Rev.  William  H.  Babbitt  now  resides  at  77  Tilden  avenue, 
Cleveland,  Ohio. 

He  says:  "I  think  it  was  late  in  January  or  early  in  Febru- 
ary 1854,  that,  at  the  suggestion  of  my  college  class-mate.  Rev.  N. 
G.  Burt,  D.  D.,  I  was  invited  to  spend  a  Sabbath  with  the  Bellefon- 
taine  church.  The  invitation  was  accepted,  and  resulted  in  my 
acting  as  supply  until  the  succeeding  March  or  April.  "Father" 
Stevenson  was  then  living  and  Pastor  Gregg  had  recently  died.  I 
received  the  kindest  treatment  from  every  one  and  was  interested 
in  my  work.  But  I  was  only  a  licentiate,  and  did  not  feel  at  the 
time  prepared  to  make  any  permanent  engagements.  So,  though 
invited  to  remain  longer,  I  bade  adieu  to  my  Bellefontaine  friends, 
and  returned  to  my  New  Jersey  home. 

"Interesting  reminiscences  throng  upon  me  when  I  recall  this 
brief  season  of  service.  I  am  glad  it  was  rendered,  and  shall  feel 
honored  by  even  the  briefest  mention  in  your  annals. 

"After  terminating  a  fourteen  years'  pastorate  at  Glendale,  I 
entered  on  one  at  Tecumseh,  Michigan,  which  lasted  eleven  years, 
and  have  been  without  charge,  on  account  of  failure  of  health, 
nearly  six  years.  I  still  preach  as  brief  supply,  however,  when 
called  vipon." 

REV.  W.  A.  BODELL.. 

Rev.  W,  A.  Bodell  was  born  March  14,  1863.  His  parents 
were  christians,  and,  at  the  age  of  twelve,  he  united  with  the  Re- 
formed church  at  Glenford,  Ohio,  Graduating  from  Heidleberg 
College  in  1886,  he  spent  one  year  in  the  Theological  Seminary  at 
Heidleberg,  after  which  he  entered  the  work  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association,  spending  six  years  in  that  work  in  Massa- 


114 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 


chusetts  and  Indiana,  being  located  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts; 
Crawfordsville,  and  Ivafayette,  Indiana.  He  organized  asso- 
ciations at  Crawfordsville  and  Lafayette,  erecting  buildings  in 
both  places,  the  one  in  Crawfordsville  being  one  of  the  finest  in 
the  West,  and  costing  |;33,ooo.  His  work  during  his  three  years' 
stay  at  Lafayette  was  largely  formative,  leaving  the  association  in 
1893  with  a  membership  of  almost  five  hundred. 
In  March,  1893,  he  accepted  a  call  to  become  Synodical  Mission- 

ar}^  of  Illinois,  where  he  remained  for 
one  year,  and  feeling  called  to  gen- 
eral evangelistic  work,  he  began  the 
work  of  a  general  evangelist,  which 
he  has  continued  for  five  years,  hold- 
ing meetings  in  ten  different  states  in 
the  Union.  He  is  now  supplying  the 
pulpit  of  Bethany  church,  Fort  Wayne, 
Indiana. 

Rev.  Mr,  Bodell  is  very  successful 
in  his  work.     His  organizing  ability, 
impressive     preaching     and      deepl}^ 
earnest,  but  quiet  manner,  reaches  the 
hearts  of  the  young  and  the  old;  of  the 
men  as  well  as  the  women.     Immed- 
iately   following    his    meetings    here 
in       February,        1898,        over       100 
united  with  the  church. 
He  was  ordained  by  the  presbytery  of  Crawfordsville  in  1894. 
Was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Robinson,  of  Crawfordsville,  Indiana, 
June  25th,  1890. 


REV.    W.    A.    BODELL. 


STEVENSON  PRAYER  MEETING.  II5 


General. 


i'U'\fU'WU'U' 


Not  the  fair  places 

To  which  the  great  resort 

Are  once  to  be  compared  with  this, 

Where  Jesus  holds  His  court. 


THE   STEVENSON  PRAYER   MEETING. 

BY    REV.    J.    H.    STEVEJJ^SO]y. 

a  NY  history  of  this  church  which  did  not  make  special  men- 
tion of  the  Stevenson  Prayer  Meeting,  would  be  incom- 
plete, for  among  the  many  streams  of  influence,  which  have 
contributed  to  the  spiritual  life  and  power  of  the  church,  especially 
during  the  first  half  of  its  existence,  few  have  been  more  potent  than 
this,  which  for  many  years,  was  the  only  "evergreen"  prayer  meet- 
ing in  the  congregation. 

It  was  not  often  called  a  prayer  meeting  in  the  years  of  its 
greatest  influence.  Its  original  name  was  probably  "The  Praying 
Society,"  or  "The  Society  for  Social  Prayer,"  after  the  manner  of 
similar  societies  in  Western  Pennsylvania,  whence  its  founder 
came.  Those  of  us  who  are  now  from  fifty  to  seventy  years  of  age, 
were  accustomed  to  hear  it  spoken  of  and  announced  simply  as 
"Society." 

The  usual  place  for  meeting  was  the  "big  room"  in  the  old 
Stevenson  homestead,  which  had  been  built  "big"  on  purpose  to 
accommodate  religious  meetings,  and  without  doubt  has  been 
oftener  used  for  such  services  than  any  other  room  in  a  private 
home  in  the  county.  The  "Society"  met  on  alternate  Thursdays 
at  2  or  2:30  p.  m.,  and  was  never  intermitted  except  when  the  day 
fell  in  the  throng  of  wheat  harvest.  During  the  farmers'  "busy 
seasons"  the  attendance  was  usually  smaller,  frequently  consisting 
principally  of  women  and  children,  but  memory  recalls  many  oc- 
casions when  the  plow  was  stopped,  and  other  work  arrested  for 
"Society."  Sometimes,  in  cases  of  protracted  sickness,  the  meet- 
ing would  be  held,  by  request,  at  the  home  of  the  sick,  thus  min- 
istering the  comforts  and  benefits  of  worship  and  christian  sympa- 
thy to  those  who  were  deprived  of  the  privileges  of  God's  house; 
but  it  always  came  back  again  to  its  home  in  the  "big  room." 


Il6  PRE;SBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

For  more  than  a  ge*  eratioii  that  fortnightly  meeting  for 
prayer  was  mainta'ned.  The  people  came  there  to  meet  with  God. 
Parents  remembering  their  baptismal  vows  to  train  up  their  child- 
ren "in  the  nurture,  fear  and  admonition  of  the  Lord,"  brought 
them  there.  In  times  of  drought,  when  there  was  no  rain  until 
pastures  were  browned  and  fields  were  parched,  sometimes  the 
farmers,  with  humble  confession  of  sins,  and  acknowledgment  of 
their  helpless  dependence,  there  besought  the  God  of  Elijah  to 
send  refreshing  showers  upon  the  thirsty  earth. 

Children  grew  to  manhood  and  womanhood  under  its  hallowed 
influence,  and  were  scattered  far  and  wide,  and  some  of  us  were 
stronger  and  safer  in  the  stress  of  temptation  and  trial,  and  more 
faithful  and  earnest  in  christian  duty  because  of  its  memories. 
Often,  on  Thursday  afternoons,  the  thought  that  parents  and 
friends  w^ere  gathered  in  that  prayer  room;  that  in  that  sacred 
place  they  were  thinking  of  us,  and  asking  the  God  of  the 
covenant  to  think  kindly  of  us,  encouraged  our  hearts  in  the 
struggle,  renewed  our  purpose  and  efforts  to  live  right,  be  useful 
and  try  to  please  God. 

Among  the  families  more  frequenth^  represented  in  that 
prayer  meeting  were  those  of  Elder  John  Paris,  John  Kerr,  Sr., 
EMer  James  Kerr,  Josiah  Moore,  (afterward  elder)  James  Byers, 
Elder  T.  M.  Stevenson,  Deacon,  (later  elder)  J.  E.  Stevenson  and 
Elder  Joseph  Stevenson.  The  families  of  Davis  Paris,  John  Lamb 
and  William  Kerr.  Sr.,  were  less  frequently  represented.  Elder 
J.  W.  Marquis  was  sometimes  present.  Seldom  did  any  except 
deacons  and  elders  lead  in  prayer,  and  few  remarks  were  ever 
made  except  by  the  leader.  As  it  was  his  home,  "Grandfather" 
Stevenson  was  almost  always  present,  and  in  the  absence  of  the 
pastor  usually  led  the  meeting.  Perhaps  the  founder  of  the  Steven- 
son Prayer  Meeting  conducted  the  exercises  more  frequently  than 
all  others  together  during  its  entire  history,  and  God  alone  knows 
how  much  of  its  power,  helpfulness  and  vitality  through  so  many 
years  was  due  to  his  presence,  personal  influence  and  prayers. 

A  few  remembered  incidents  will  indicate  the  relation  of  this 
prayer  meeting  to  the  most  vital  interests  of  the  church.  On  one 
occa.sion,  when  the  congregation  was  vacant,  and  without  a  house 
of  worship,  a  candidate  preached  in  the  "big  room,"  and  it  was 
the  only  place  he  appeared  before  the  people.  He  was  not  called, 
however. 

The  question  of  building  a  house  of   worship    was   discussed 


STKVENSON  PRAYER  MEETING.  II7 

and  perhaps  finally  decided  at  "Society,"  and  the  "Little  Brick" 
on  North  Main  street  was  the  result. 

In  the  darkest  days  in  the  history  of  the  church,  in  that  same 
room,  arrangements  were  completed  and  announcements  made  for 
the  communion  service,  which,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  proved 
the  turning  point  in  the  life  of  the  congregation. 

During  his  pastorate  Mr.  Gregg  regularly  conducted  the  servi- 
ces. His  successors  were  less  frequently  present,  which  was  perhaps 
owing,  in  part,  to  the  fact  that  after  this  time  a  weekly  prayer 
meeting  was  maintained  in  the  church.  For  several  years  at  every 
fourth  meeting  of  "Society,"  Mr.  Gregg  "catechised"  both  young 
and  old.  On  these  occasions  the  entire  family,  parents  and  chil- 
dren, were  expected  to  be  present.  It  was  the  ambition  of  the 
children  to  recite  the  catechism  promptly,  correctly  and  as  far  as 
they  could,  while  it  was  their  parents'  mortification,  as  well  as 
their  own,  if  they  hesitated  and  blundered.  Those  who  had  not 
completed  memorizing  the  catechism  were  arranged  in  a  class,  and 
the  pastor  began  at  the  youngest  with  "What  is  the  chief  end  of 
man?"  and  continued  as  long  as  two  or  three  in  the  class  were  able 
to  answer.  Then  he  turned  to  the  seniors,  taking  all  in  the  room 
in  turn,  asking  the  questions  from  memory  without  referring  to 
the  book.  "Uncle"  James  Byers  being  less  familiar  with  the  shorter 
catechism,  the  pastor  was  always  prepared  with  the  appropriate 
question  from  the  larger  catechism  for  him,  to  the  great  wonder- 
ment of  the  youngsters.  After  "The  Conclurion  of  the  Lord's 
Prayer"  was  reached  in  this  way,  the  remainder  of  the  hour  and  a 
half,  or  two  hours,  allowed  for  the  service,  was  spent  in  getting  at 
the  marrow  of  one  or  two  questions  which  had  been  previously  as- 
signed, by  skillful  questioning,  of  which  Mr.  Gregg  was  a  master, 
after  the  manner  of  Patterson  and  Fisher.  In  that  way  he  went 
nearly,  or  quite  through  the  shorter  catechism,  and  all  who  faith- 
fully attended  these  "catechisings"  had  a  pretty  thorough  course 
in  theoretical  and  practical  theology. 

Some  of  us  will  praise  God  throughout  eternity  for  the  mould- 
ing influence  of  that  prayer  room  upon  our  lives.  If  its  walls 
could  repeat  the  sermons,  exhortations  and  prayers  which  have 
been  uttered  there,  and  the  h3aiins  of  faith,  hope  and  holy  aspira- 
tion, which  have  borne  the  souls  of  the  worshipers  heavenward; 
and  if  it  were  possible  to  describe  the  experiences,  the  longings, 
the  purposes,  the  heart-struggles,  the  deliverances,  the  hopes  and 


1 18  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

joys  of  those  who  have  participated  in  these  meetings  through  all 
the  years,  it  would  be  seen  that  this  prayer  meeting  has  been  one 
of  the  most  important,  powerful  and  blessed  factors  in  the  life  of 
the  old  church,  and  especially  in  the  lives  of  many  individuals, 
who  came  more  immediately  under  its  influence. 

It  is  a  significant  fact  that  out  of  six  of  the  families  sustain- 
ing the  "Stevenson  Prayer  Meeting,"  six  sons  have  entered 
the  ministry,  five  of  whom  are  still  preaching  the  gospel  of 
salvation,  and  the  same  families  have  given  six  daughters  to  the 
missionary  work.  May  there  not  be  the  relation  of  cause  and 
effect  here. 

God  alone  knows  the  full  measure  of  the  blessings  which  have 
come,  are  still  coming,  and  to  the  end  of  time  shall  continue  to 
come  upon  this  church,  and  those  families,  and  the  world  in  an- 
swer to  the  prayers  that  have  ascended  to  the  Covenant-keeping 
God  from  that  hallowed  place. 

REV.  THOMAS  MARQUIS. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis  was  in  many  respects  the  grand- 
father of  this  church. 

Through  his  active  participation  in  the  management  of  the 
Western  Missionary  Board,  he  was  greatly  interested  in  Ohio  and 
Kentucky,  and  made  several  western  trips  as  early  as  1800  and  as 
late  as  181 7. 

The  heirs  of  Ivieutenant  James  Park,  who  was  an  officer  in  the 
Indian  war,  and  his  wife's  brother,  having  been  given  the  right  by 
President  James  Madison,  under  the  act  of  Congress  of  August  10, 
1790,  to  select  2667  acres  of  vacant  land  where  they  chose,  were 
undoubted^ty  largely  influenced  by  Mr.  Marquis,  on  account  of  his 
personal  knowledge  of  this  section,  to  select,  in  1806,  the  land 
immediately  north  of  and  adjoining  our  present  city  limits,  but 
embracing  over  four  square  miles. 

Almost  immediately  afterward,  Mr.  Daniel  McCoy,  who  had 
also  married  a  sister  of  Lieutenant  James  Park,  settled  on  the  land 
near  Rush  Lake. 

It  was  to  this  land  and  neighborhood  that  his  son-in-law,  Rev. 
Joseph  Stevenson,  was  induced  to  come  in  1825,  and  later  his  rela- 
tives and  neighbors  the  Stevensons,  Marquises,  Kerrs,  Paris,  Mor- 
risons, Byers,  Parks,  Perrins,  Nelsons,  Clarks,  Yates,  Alexanders, 


REV.    THOMAS   MARQUIS.  II9 

Scotts,  Coalters,  Cooks,  Moores,  Adams,  Watkins   and   probably 
others. 

Thomas  Marquis  was  born  in  Opequon  Valley,  near  Winches- 
ter, Virginia,  in  1753.  His  grandfather,  William  Marquis,  emi- 
grated from  Ireland  to  Fredrick  county,  Virginia,  in  1720.  His 
father,  Thomas  Marquis,  married  Mary  Colville,  of  Winchester. 
Dying  young,  his  property,  which  was  considerable,  was  under  the 
laws  of  Virginia,  inherited  by  the  eldest  son.  Our  subject,  Thomas 
Jr.,  was  raised  by  his  uncle,  Joseph  Colville,  an  elder  in  the 
Presbyterian  church.  At  12  or  13  he  went  to  learn  the 
weavers'  trade,  which  was  his  means  of  support  many  years. 
During  his  apprenticeship  he  studied  under  a  Mr.  Ireland.  At  22 
he  married  Jane,  sister  of  Lieutenant  James  Park,  of  the  Virginia 
line,  who  was  afterwards  killed  by  the  Indians  in  frontier  warfare. 
Her  firmness,  self-denial,  industry,  and  economy  were  of  great 
service  to  him  in  his  preparation  for  and  exercise  of  the  gospel 
ministry. 

They  removed  about  1776  to  the  wilderness  of  Washington 
county,  Pennsylvania,  near  Vances  Fort,  now  Cross  Creek.  Here 
in  1778  they  united  with  the  church,  and  theirs'  was  the  first  child 
baptized  in  the  place. 

It  was  not  until  he  was  36  years  of  age  that  he  started  to  study 
for  the  ministry,  under  Dr.  Smith,  of  Buffalo,  and  Dr.  McMillen,  of 
Cannonsburg. 

He  was  licensed  by  the  Redstone  Presb3^tery  in  1793,  and  in 
1794  called  to  Cross  Creek,  under  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio,  where 
he  continued  for  32  years  as  pastor,  also  serving  Upper  Buffalo 
much  of  the  time. 

As  an  active  manager  in  the  Missionary  Board,  he  visited  the 
Seneca  Indians  in  this  section  in  1800. 

In  1 801,  he  spent  three  months  in  Ohio,  visiting  this  section. 
The  revivals  under  his  and  others  preaching  in  Washington  county, 
Pennsylvania,  about  1802,  were  wonderful,  and  are  a  prominent 
feature  in  the  religious  history  of  this  country. 

He  continued  to  visit  the  Indians  and  white  settlements  as  a 
member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Missionary  Board;  was 
in  this  place  in  1808,  181 7  and  probably  other  years. 

He  died  September  29,  1827,  while  visiting  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Rev,  Joseph  Stevenson,  in  Belief  on  taine,  and  his  remains  lie  buried 
on  the  highest  point  in  our  cemetery,  under  a  peculiar  stone  tablet. 


J20  PRHSBYfERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORV. 

He  was  below  the  average  height  and  inclined  to  corpulenc}'. 
Kindness,  courtesy  and  dignity  blended  in  his  demeanor. 

Mr.  Marquis  was  a  Director  of  the  Board  of  Jefferson  College. 
His  musical  and  irresistible  voice  and  appeal  brought  him  the  term, 
"The  Silver  Tongued."  Dr.  Matthew  Brown,  President  of  Jeffer- 
son College,  pronounced  him  the  most  effective  orator  to  whom  he 
ever  listened.  Many  have  been  aided  by  his  bequest  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  education  of  pious  youths.  Eleven  of  his  decendants 
have  gone  from  this  church  into  the  ministry'  or  mission  field. 

Mrs.  Marquis  died  January  19,  1841,  aged  90. 

SARAH  MARQUIS  STEVENSOX. 

Sarah  Marquis  Stevenson,  eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Marquis,  was  born  in  Western  Pennsylvania  September  5,  1780. 
She  married  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  August  21,  1804,  She  was  a 
woman  of  strong  character;  a  faithful,  industrious  wife  and  moth- 
er, and  a  zealous  servant  of  Christ.  She  greatly  aided  her  husband 
in  publishing  the  good  tidings  of  the  gospel  by  her  persistent 
self-sacrifices  and  labor. 

After  seeing  her  children  settled  in  life,  she  passed  to  her  re- 
ward Juh^  25,  1849.     See  her  cut  on  page  34. 

BUILDINGS   IN   W^HICH   SERVICES    WERE    HELD 
PRIOR    TO    1829. 

The  first  Court  House  of  Logan  county  was  erected  in  1822 
on  lot  No.  142,  immediately  south  of  and  adjoining  the  site  of  the 
present  Empire  block  on  Main  street.  It  had  a  frontage  of  40  feet 
and  was  36  feet  deep  and  24  feet  high.  The  Presbyterian  services 
were  held  there  from  1824,  when  the  congregation  of  the  "Church 
of  Logan"  was  organized,  until  1829,  when  the  South  Main  street 
church  was  completed.  See  picture  of  this  building  and  the  ad- 
joining residence  of  Robert  Patterson  opposite  table  of  contents. 
It  was  drawn  by  James  Kernan,  Esq.,  for  this  work. 

The  residence  of  Robert  Patterson  was  purchased  b}'  him 
when  he  came  to  Belief ontaine  in  1824.  Prayer  meetings  and 
some  other  meetings  of  this  congregation  were  held  there  prior  to 
1829. 


BUir^DING  OF  THE  FIRST  CHURCH.  121 

RECORD  OF  THE  BUILDING  OF  THE  FIRST 
CHURCH  EDIFICE  IN  1826-27. 

The  Bellefontaine  Presbyterians,  as  a  congregation,  engaged  a 
portion  of  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson's  time  April  i,  1825.  The  treas- 
urer's record  begins  on  that  date. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Bellefontaine  Presbyterians  Nov.  15,  1826, 
for  "devising  ways  and  means  for  building  a  Presbyterian  church," 
it  was  resolved  "that  the  building  be  undertaken  the  follow- 
ing spring."  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson,  Robert  Patterson,  Raphael 
Moore,  Robert  Smith  and  Samuel  Newell  were  elected  a  Building 
Committee.  Robert  Patterson  was  made  treasurer  and  Samuel 
iNewell  secretary.  Under  their  management  a  brick  building  43 
feet  square  was  erected.  "It  had  a  stone  foundation  raised 
2'/^  feet  above  the  ground,  the  story  being  15  feet  high." 

March  21,  1827,  Robert  Patterson  was  authorized  to  close  the 
contracts.  December  25,  1827,  the  report  of  receipts  and  expendi- 
tures was  approved,  and  Mr.  Patterson  was  ordered  to  proceed 
with  the  building  as  fast  as  possible.  September  22,  1S28,  it  was 
resolved  that  the  treasurer  proceed  to  have  the  floor  laid  and  the 
doors  and  windows  put  in  as  soon  as  he  could.  The  building  was 
apparently  soon  completed  and  occupied  the  following  winter. 

See  cut  on  page  following  table  of  contents. 

"LINING  OUT  THE   SINGING." 

Raphael  Moore  was  the  first  clerk  of  the  congregation  and  as 
such  was  expected  to  "line  out  the  hymns,"  but  in  183 1  it  became 
necessary  that  assistant  clerks  be  appointed  to  assist  in  leading  the 
singing  in  the  absence  of  the  clerk  of  the  congregation.  Those 
selected  were  David  Robb,  William  Marquis  and  John  Marquis. 

RULES. 

Among  the  rules  adopted  June  23,  1831,  for  the  manage- 
ment of  the  church,  was  one,  "That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
trustees  *  *  *  to  provide  candles."  Another  "That  it  shall  be 
considered  decent  and  orderly  for  the  children  to  sit  with  their 
parents  until  they  take  sittings  elsewhere  for  themselves. ' ' 

RESIDENCES  OF  THE  PASTORS.      . 

Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  lived  on  his  farm  from  the  time  he 
came  here,  in  1825,  until  his  death.  First  in  the  old  log  house 
that  stood  just  south  of  his  large  brick  residence. 


122  PRP^SBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORV. 


Rev.  George  A.  Gregg  lived  on  North  Main  street  where  INIrs. 
W.  A.  Ginn's  residence  now  stands. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Raffensperger  owned  and  lived  in  the  house  on 
North  Mad  River  street,  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Emery 
Lockhart. 

Rev.  George  P.  Bergen  lived  in  the  same  house. 

Dr.  Kalb  lived  first  in  the  house  standing  on  the  southwest 
corner  of  Elm  and  Sandusky  streets,  but  he  soon  bought  and 
moved  to  his  present  residence  on  North  Detroit. 

Rev.  George  E.  Davies  resides  at  No.  402)^  East  Columbus 
avenue. 

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RECORDS   OF  COLUMBUS  PRESBYTERY. 

October  6,  1824. — "The  Church  of  Logan  having  been  duly  or- 
ganized, requested  to  be  received  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery. 
Their  request  was  granted.  Report  received  from  Church  of  Lo- 
gan." 

January  4,  1825. — "The  Congregation  of  Logan  (organized  on 
Cherokee  Run)  through  Mr.  Robinson,  requested  liberty  to  pre- 
sent a  call  to  the  Presbytery  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  for  a 
portion  of  ^the  ministerial  labors  of  Rev.  Joseph  Stephenson. 
Granted." 

January  3,  1826. — "The  Rev.  Joseph  Stephenson  presented  a 
certificate  of  dismissal  from  Washington  Presbyter}^,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  requested  admission  to  this  Presbytery.     Granted." 

January  4,  1826. — As  Mr.  vStevenson  had  declared  his  accept- 
ance of  the  call  of  "The  Congregation  of  Logan,"  it  was  resolved 
'  'that  Mr.  Stephenson  be  installed  pastor  of  the  Congregation  of  Lo- 
gan, at  Bellefontaine,  on  the  first  Thursday  of  April  next,  at  11 
o'clock  a.  m.  Mr.  Vandeman  was  appointed  to  preach  the  instal- 
lation sermon,  Mr.  Washburn  to  give  the  charge  to  the  minister 
and  Mr.  Robinson  to  give  the  charge  to  the  people." 

The  Presbytery  met  in  Bellefontaine  April  5,  1826.  Present, 
Revs.  Messrs.  James  Robinson,  James  Hoge,  Joseph  Stephenson, 
Ebenezer  Washburn,  Henry  Vandeman  and  several  elders.  Ser- 
mon was  delivered  by  Rev.  James  Hoge  of  Columbus,  from  2  Cor. 
12-9 — "My  Grace  is  vSufficient  for  Thee." 

"The  people  known  by  the  name  of  Logan,  on  Cherokee  Run, 
presented  a  paper  "'^'  *  *  with  regard  to  the  labors  of  Mr.  Stephenson, 
their  pastor  elect,  viz.,  that  they  expected  at  present  three-fourths 


RECORDS  OF  COlvUMBUS   PRHSBVTERV.  1 23 

of  Mr.  Stephenson's  time,  to  be  equally  divided  between  four  places 
of  preaching  or  congregations;  one  at  Cherokee  Run,  where  a 
church  is  organized  to  be  known  by  the  name  of  the  Church  of 
Cherokee  Run;  one  at  Bellefontaine,  one  at  Newell's  Mill,  where  a 
church  is  organiz«^d  to  be  known  by  the  name  of  Stoney  Creek, 
and  one  at  or  near  West  Liberty.  That  for  the  purpose  of  church 
government  the  congregation  of  Bellefontaine  shall,  for  the  pres- 
ent, be  connected  with  the  church  of  Cherokee  Run,  and  the  con- 
gregation of  West  Liberty  shall  be  connected  with  the  Church  of 
Stoney  Creek." 

April  6,  1826. — "Rev.  Joseph  Stephenson,  agreeably  to  the  call 
accepted  by  him  and  the  agreement  "  *  *  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  congregations  of  Cherokee  Run,  Bellefontaine,  Stoney  Creek 
and  West  Liberty,  as  included  in  the  churches  of  Cherokee  Run 
and  Stoney  Creek."  The  services  were  performed  according  to 
previous  appointment. 

April  3,  1827. — "The  congregation  of  West  Liberty  requested 
the  Presbytery  to  unite  them  with  the  congregation  at  Bellefon- 
taine, and  to  direct  Mr.  Stephenson,  their  pastor,  to  devote  one  half 
instead  of  one-fourth  of  his  ministerial  labors  to  the  congregation 
of  Bellefontaine.     Granted," 


124  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Presbyterian  Churches 
OF  LOGAN  County. 

For  not  like  kingdoms  of  the  world 

Thy  holy  church,  O  God; 

Though  earthquake  shocks  are  threatening  her, 

And  tempests  are  abroad; 

Unshaken  as  eternal  hills, 

Immovable  she  stands, 

A  mountain  that  shall  fill  the  earth, 

A  house  not  made  with  hands. 


CHE  bodies  of  the  Presbyterian  church  governing  this  sec- 
tion have  been  as  follows: — 
The  General  Assembly  was  organized  in  1788. 

Synod  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia  was  merged  into  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  in  1788,  although  organized  prior  to  the  General 
Assembly. 

The  Synod  of  Virginia  was  organized  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly in  1788. 

The  Synod  of  Kentucky  was  organized  from  the  S3mod  of 
Virginia  in  1802. 

The  Synod  of  Ohio  was  organized  from  the  Synod  of  Ken- 
tucky May  14,  1814. 

The  Synod  of  Cincinnati  was  constituted  from  the  Synod  of 
Ohio  October  21,  1828. 

The  Synod  of  Toledo  was  organized  from  the  Synod  of  Cin- 
cinnati in  1870. 

The  Synod  of  Ohio  was  re-established  in  1882. 

The  Presbytery  of  Redstone,  embracing  Ohio,  was  constituted 
in  1781,  by  the  Synod  of  New  York. 

The  Presbytery  of  Transylvania,  embracing  Ohio,  was  consti- 
tuted in  1786,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Redstone. 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES   OF   LOGAN    COUNTY.  125 

The  Presbytery  of  Washington,  embracing  all  north  of  the 
Ohio  River,  was  constituted  in  1798,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Tran- 
sylvania. 

The  Presbytery  of  Miami,  embracing  the  Miami  Valley,  was 
established  in  18 10,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Washington,  by  the 
Synod  of  Kentucky. 

The  Presbytery  of  Columbus,  embracing  Logan  county  east  of 
the  Miami  River,  was  constituted  October  20,  182 1,  from  Miami 
and  Washington  Presbyteries,  by  the  Synod  of  Ohio. 

This  county  and  section  as  "the  charge  of  the  Rev.  Joseph 
Stevenson"  was  made  a  part  of  the  Presbytery  of  Miami  October 
21,  1828,  by  the  Synod  of  Ohio. 

The  Presbytery  of  Sidney,  including  Logan  county,  was  con- 
stituted in  1838,  from  Miami  Presbytery,  by  the  Synod  of  Cincin- 
nati. 

The  Presbytery  of  Bellefontaine  was  established  in  1870,  from 
Sidney  Presbytery,  by  the  Synod  of  Toledo. 


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130  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF    MACK-A-CHEEK. 

The  records  of  this  church  are  probabh-  lost  if  there  ever  were 
any.  It  is  mentioned  in  the  records  of  the  General  Assembly  in 
1 814  as  without  a  pastor.  It  is  mentioned  by  Mr.  Gillet's  history 
of  the  church.  It  never  had  a  meeting  house  other  than  Smith's 
mill,  residence  and  the  homes  of  its  members. 

The  Presbyterians  of  Urbana,  prior  to  1814,  at  which  date  meet- 
ings were  first  regularly  held  in  Urbana,  divided,  some  going  to 
Buck  Creek  and  some  going  to  this  church,  which  was  the  only 
one,  so  far  as  known,  north  of  Urbana,  at  this  time. 

The  actual  memoers  are  not  positively  known,  but  so  far  as 
could  be  learned  the  following  attended  and  some  of  them  were 
probably  members: — Judge  Robert  Smith  and  wife,  Isabella 
(Burnside)  Smith.  He  was  probably  a  prime  mover,  and  is  said  to 
have  been  an  elder  in  Virginia  before  moving  here  in  1810.  Was 
an  original  member  of  the  Belief ontaine  church  in  1828,  and  re- 
ceived four  votes  for  elder.  He  then  owned  the  mill  on  the  Mack- 
a-Cheek,  where  the  Piatt  place  now  is,  and  meetings  were  princi- 
pally held  in  his  mill  and  house.  John  Smith  and  wife;  John  was 
a  brother  of  Robert.  He  died  about  1836;  Samuel  Newell  and 
wife,  Nancy.  He  lived  two  miles  north  of  West  Liberty.  Later 
meetings  were  held  at  his  house.  Robert  Newell,  Sr. 
David  Kirk  wood,  John  Kirk  wood  and  his  wife^ 
Margaret;  Alexander  Burnside  and  wife,  Elizabeth;  Nicholas 
Pickrell  and  wife;  Daniel  McCoy  and  his  family.  He  settled  near 
Rush  Creek  Lake  before  1810;  Thomas  Stewart  and  family.  His  son, 
William,  remembers  that  his  father's  whole  family  were  baptized 
there;  James  Brown,  wife  and  children — Mary,  Julia  and  Charles; 
Abraham  Smith,  Henry  Secrest  and  family;  W.  H.  White,  Will- 
iam Moore  and  wife,  Dorthy;  Charles  McCla}'  and  family;  Mat- 
thew Stewart  and  family. 

This  church  organization  seems  to  have  broken  up  before  1824, 
when  the  Church  of  Logan  was  organized,  but  meetings  were  con- 
tinued until  about  the  time  the  West  Liberty  church  was  organized. 

It  appears  possible,  after  the  erection  of  the  Muddy  Run 
church  building,  one  mile  south  of  West  Liberty,  by  the  "New 
Lights."  as  they  were  then  called,  that  the  Presbyterians  met 
there,  as  mention  is  found  of  Presbyterian  ministers  preaching 
there,  viz.,  Rev.  William  Robinson  and  Rev.  Arthur  W.  Pogue. 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES   OF   LOGAN   COUNTY 


I"^I 


PRESBTTERIAN    CHtTRCH    OF     HUNTSVILLE. 

This  church  was  the  direct  result  of  the  continued  visits  and 
preaching  of  Rev.  James  Robinson  in  this  county  during  the  years 
1 82 1  to  1825.  The  meetings  were  held  at  the  houses  of  the  early 
settlers.  The  following  is  from  the  church  records: — "Logan 
county.     The  church  of  Cherokee  Run   being   assembled   at   the 


PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF    HUNTSVILLE,    OHIO. 

house  of  Thomas  Scott,  on  the  2.4th  of  September,  1824,  according 
to  notice.  The  Reverend  James  Robinson  and  Reverend  Robert 
B.  Dobbins  were  present  and  organized  a  church  to  be  called  by 
the  name  of  Cherokee  Run. 

"Thomas  Scott,  Peter  Hoover  and  Robert  Edmundson  were 
duly  elected  to  the  office  of  ruling  elders,  having  produced  certifi- 
cates of  their  having  served  as  elders  in  other  churches.  They  w^ere 
installed.  The  following  were  received  as  members  on  certificate: 
— Thomas  Scott  and  Sarah,  his  wife;  Peter  Hoover  and  Sarah,  his 
wife;  Robert  Edmundson  and  Rebecca,  his  wife;  Samuel  Hoover 
and  Charlotte,  his  wife;  George  Hoover  and  Mary,  his  wife;  John 
Watt  and  Margaret,  his  wife;  James  Stover  and  Judith,  his  wife. 

"On  examination: — Samuel  Newell  and  Nancy,  his  wife; 
Robert  Scott,  Ann  Edmundson. 

"Reverend  Joseph  Stevenson  took  charge  of  the  church   the 

first  of  May,  1825.     April,  1826,  he  was  installed  pastor  over  this 


132  PRICSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 


church  and  the  church  cf  Stoney  Creek,  including"  the  congrega- 
tions of  Bellefontaine  and  West  Liberty,  at  which  regulations  were 
made,  by  which  the  members  of  the  church  belonging  to  the  con- 
gregation of  Bellefontaine  were  put  under  the  care  of  this  church. 
Samuel  Newell  and  Nancy,  his  wife,  were  attached  to  the  church 
at  Stoney  Creek  and  Robert  Patterson  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  to 

this  church. 

Signed  Joseph  Stevenson. 

"June  19,  1829.  The  following  named  members,  having  con- 
nected themselves  with  the  Bellefontaine  church,  are  no  longer 
considered  members  of  this  church: — Robert  and  Elizabeth  Pat- 
terson, Nancy  McCoy,  John  W.  Marquis,  Stephen  Giflfin." 

Samuel  Newell  and  his  wife,  Nancy,  were  dismissed  at  the 
same  time,  they  being  expected  to  join  the  Stoney  Creek  church, 
but  they  joined  the  Bellefontaine  church.  Over  sixty  others  were 
later  granted  dismissal  from  one  of  these  churches  to  the  other. 

The  congregation  was  called  by  the  Presbytery,  ''The  Congre- 
gation of  Logan,  Organized  on  Cherokee  Run,"  It  was  admitted 
to  the  Columbus  Presbytery  October  6,  1824,  as  the  "Church  of 
Logan."  It  was  this  church  that  in  January,  1825,  extended  its 
call  to  the  Presbytery  of  Washington,  Pennsylvania,  for  the  servi- 
ces of  the  Reverend  Joseph  Stevenson,  who  was  then  pastor  at 
Three  Ridges,  near  West  Alexander,  Pennsylvania. 

]\Ir.  Stevenson  had  been  here  on  several  missionary  tours  and 
in  1824  had  preached  in  Bellefontaine  and  Cherokee  several  times, 
and  was  knowm  to  many  Presbyterians  in  the  count}-  before  leav- 
ing Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  which  was  their  former 
place  of  residence.  Mr.  Stevenson  was  installed  pastor  of  the  con- 
gregation of  Logan  at  the  court  house  in  Bellefontaine  April  25, 
1826. 

The  Church  of  Logan  included  the  "Congregation  of  Belle- 
fontaine" as  well  as  the  "Congregation  of  Cherokee  Run,"  each 
of  which,  it  was  arranged,  should  have  one  quarter  of  three  quar- 
ters of  Rev.  Mr.  Stevenson's  time.  But  the  congregation  of  Belle- 
fontaine was  "for  the  purpose  of  the  church  government  connected 
with  the  Church  of  Cherokee  Run,"  under  one  Session  until  the 

organization  of  the  Bellefontaine  church  and  the  installation  of  its 
pastor. 

A  log  meeting  house  was  erected  in  1825,  about  25  feet  square, 

fronting  west,  having  one  door,  five  windows,  no  chimney  and  a 

big  box  in  the  center  of  the  floor  for  charcoal.     March  28,  1842, 


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133 


one  and  one-fourth  acres  of  survey  9904,  in  Cherokee  vvas  bought 
by  the  Trustees,  Thomas  Kerr,  Moses  S.  Edmundson,  Robert  Ed- 
niundson,  Jr.,  and  Jason  Thompson,  on  which  was  soon  erected  a 
large  bnck  church  building.  The  small  population  gradually- 
moving  to  the  railroad  at  Huntsville,  January  16,  1866,  lots  26  and 


THE  LOG  CHURCH  AT  CHEROKEE. 

27,  in  the  town  of  Huntsville,  were  purchased  by  the  Trustees, 
Milton  Mahan,  James  B.  Irwin,  William  Ghormley,  from  William 
Boggs,  and  a  church  building  erected  on  these  lots.  March 
9,  1867,  the  Cherokee  lots  were  sold  by  the  same  trustees  to  George 
M.  Hoover. 

The  name  was  chang- 
ed in  1867  to  "The  Hunts- 
ville Presbyterian 
Church."  The  pastors 
have  been: — Rev.  Joseph 
Stevenson,  supply  and 
pastor.  May  i,  1824-45; 
Rev.  George  A.  Gregg, 
supply,  1845-52;  Rev  J. 
A.  Weeks,  supply,  1853- 
55;  Rev,  William  Young, 
pastor,  1855-58;  Rev. 
Amos  Bartholomew,  pas- 
tor, 1859-67;  Rev.  J.  H. 
Stevenson,  conducted  an 
important  series  of  meet- 
ings during  1870;  Rev. 
H.  M.  Shockley,  pastor, 
1870-76;  Rev.  W.  H.  Hon- 
nell,  supply,  1876-77; 
REV.  c.  E.  TEDFORD.  Rcv.    A.    J.     Clark,    pas- 


134 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


tor,  1877-90;  Rev.  J.  G.  Grabiel,  pastor,  1891-92;  Rev.  \V.  H.  Mc- 
Meen,  1893;  Rev.  L.  R.  Yeager,  pastor,  1894-95;  Rev.  C.  E.  Tedford, 
supply,    1896,  present  pastor. 

The  elders  have  been: — Thomas  Scott,  1824-39;  Petei  Hover, 
1824-3S;  Robert  Edmundson,  1824-46;  James  Collins,  1835-48; 
George  Hover,  18^5  49;  Samuel  Hover,  April  7,  1849,  still  an 
elder;  B.  D.  Collins,  1849-83;  James  Dunlap,  1852;  Robert  Ed- 
mundson, 1854-59;  George  Irwin,  1854-58;  John  B.  Ghormley,  1861; 
John  Hunter,  1867-88;  J.  D.  McCormick,  1876,  present  elder;  Will- 
iam S.  Irwin,  1891,  present  elder;  Wti-lliam  McCormick,  1892,  pres- 
ent elder;  George  W.  Hoover,  1892,  present  elder;  Dr.  J.  S.  Mont- 
gomery, 1892,  present  elder;  James  Peoples,  1898,  present  elder. 


REV.   DAVID  O.  GHORMLEY,   D.  D. 


A  Sabbath-school  has  been  in  almost  constant  operation  ever 
since  the  organization  of  the  church.  Dr.  J.  S.  Montgomery  pres- 
ent superintendent. 

The  church  building  has  recently  been  remodeled.  The  Sab- 
bath-school, Christian  Endeavor  Society,  Woman's  Missionary  So- 
ciety and  the  Woman's  Aid  Society  are  very  efficient  adjuncts  of 
the  church.     The  church  has  received  into  membership  567  per- 


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135 


sons,  and  in  the  last  three  years  has  nearly  doubled  its  member- 
ship. 

The  following  sons  of  this  church  are  now  in  the  Presbyterian 
ministry: — Rev.  David  O.  Ghormley,  D.  D.,  of  Moscow,  Idaho; 
Rev.  Rice  V.  Hunter,  D.  D.,  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  Rev.  David 
G.  Collins,  missionary,  Cheung  Mai  Laos. 

SAMUEL   HOVER. 

Samuel  Hover  was  born  January  6,  812,  in  Madison  county, 
near  Mechanicsburg,  Ohio. 

He  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Cherokee  in  Octo- 
ber 1 83 1.  His  parents,  George  and  Mary  Hover,  were  charter 
members  of  that  church. 


SAMUEL   AND   MARGARET  HOVER. 


He  was  elected  elder  in  1849,  and  continues  to  perform  the 
duties  of  that  office  in  the  Huntsville  Presbyterian  church.  His  de- 
voted wife,  Margaret  K.,  (McCracken)  labored  with  him  in  the 
same  church  for  fifty  years,  she  having  united  with  the  Bellefon- 
taine  Presbyterian  church  before  her  marriage,  which  was  solem- 
nized March  17,  1836.     She  died  April  29,  1886. 


'36 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


PRESBYTERIAX 


CHURCH    OF    SPRIXG    HILI.. 

The  Stoney  Creek  church,  called  Spring  Hill  since  about  1864. 
was  organized  Januar}-  12,  1826,  at  what  was  known  as  Newell's 
Mill.  This  mill,  long  since  gone,  stood  at  the  base  of  the  hill  up- 
on which  Spring  Hill  village  now  stands.  It  was  organized  by 
the  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson.  At  this  time  John  Travers,  John  Tay- 
lor and  John  Wilson  were  elected  elders  and  John   Travers   was 

elected  treasurer  and  John  Newell, 
Joseph  Wilson  and  William  Wilson 
were  elected  trustees.  The  records 
show  that  the  Session  of  Cherokee 
Run  Presbyterian  church  met  at 
Newell's  Mill  August  13,  1825,  consist- 
ing of  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  and 
elders  Thomas  Scott  and  Robert  Ed- 
mundson,  and  there  received  into  the 
communion  of  Cherokee  Run  church 
the  following  persons,  viz. : — Rr  bert 
Patterson,  Silas  Johnson,  Mary  Moore, 
Sarah  Vance,  Elenor  Wilson,  Eliza- 
beth Patterson,  Ann  McFerran,  Jane 
Wilson,  Robert  Newell,  Sr.,  Marga- 
ret Monroe,  who  constituted  the 
nucleus  and  charter  members  of 
Stoney  Creek  church,  which  took 
^  early    the    following   3'ear.     After   the 

organization  at  Newell's  Mill  the  congregation  erected  a  log  build- 
ing in  the  woods  near  the  present  site  on  the  place  of  Miles  Wilson's 
heirs,  and  worshiped  there  until  the  removal  of  the  log  church  to 
the  present  site,  and  there  in  1844  built  a  new  church — Samuel 
Ball  and  a  Mr.  Beaty  being  the  builders — which  stood  until  Sep- 
tember, 1886,  when  the  building  was  remodeled  and  refurnished  in 
modern  style,  the  frame  being  only  slightly  changed  and  turned 
to  face  the  east.  In  1841  the  church  at  West  Liberty  was  set  off 
from  this  church. 

This  church  from  its  inception  has  been  blessed  with  a  faith- 
ful and  wise  eldership.  When  the  territory  was  so  vast  and  the 
country  unbroken  many  were  the  sacrifices  made  by  these  servants 
of  God  in  order  that  they  might  be  present  at  the  Sessional  meet- 
in.j.s.     In  that  early  time  the  elders  had  frequently  to  go  as  far  to 


JOSEPH  WILSON. 

the   form   of   orsfanization 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES   OF   LOGAN    COUNTY.  1 37 

attend  Sessional  meetings  in  some  remote  part  of  its  jurisdiction, 
as  we  now  go  to  a  meeting  of  Presbytery;  and  as  far  to  a  meet- 
ing of  Presbytery  then  as  we  now  go  to  a  Synod. 

Joseph  Wilson  came  from  Pennsylvania.  He  was  an  original 
elder  of  this  church  instead  of  John  mentioned  on  last  page,  and 
served  it  faithfully  in  that  capacity  for  over  forty  years.     See  cut 

Among  others  who  seem  to  have  given  much  thought  and 
prayer  to  the  building  up  of  this  church  while  serving  as  elders 
are  Semple  Cooper,  Robert  Moore  and  Samuel  Calland.  All  have 
gone  to  join  its  general  assembly  above.  This  church  has  now 
165  members.  The  Sunday-school  was  begun  here  in  1836  and  has 
now  206  members. 

PRESBiTERlAN    CHURCH    OF    LOGANSVILLE. 

Meetings  were  held  here  about  1830  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  Stev- 
enson at  the  house  of  James  Moore.  Meetings  were  held  in  the 
old  log  Methodist  church  for  a  long  time  prior  to  the  erection  of  a 
church  building.  Among  the  Presbyterians  living  there  during  the 
life  of  the  church  were: — John  Tod,  John  Dickson  and  wife,  R. 
Youngman  and  wife,  Philo  Dorwin,  wife  and  daughters;  Joseph  Tur- 
ner and  wife,  Mary  (Greer;)  Margaret,  wife  of  Dr.  Clary,  and  Lydia 
and  Rebecca  Clary;  Mr.  Erter  (from  Germany)  and  family;  James 
Irwin  and  famil}-,  Wilson  Strayer,  James  Ellis  and  family,  Robert 
Smith,  Mrs.  Mar}^  (Musselman)  Ta3-lor,  John  Parish  and  Mary 
(Turner,)  his  wife;  Lewis  Taylor,  William  Campbell,  John  Hum- 
phreys and  the  families  of  James  Moore,  Isaac  Moore,  Robert 
Dickson,  Alfred  Matthews  and  John  Means. 

The  religious  services  of  this  church  continued  to  be  held  in 
the  old  log  Methodist  church  until  about  1847.  On  August  31,  of 
that  year,  John  Dickson  and  Mar}^  his  wife,  deeded  lot  10,  of  the 
South  Addition  to  the  south  addition  of  Logansville  to  William 
Campbell,  Philo  Dorwin  and  John  Humphre3's  in  trust  for  the  Pres- 
byterian church  at  Logansville. 

Services  continued  until  about  1863.  During  the  last  ten 
years  they  were  held  partly  in  DeGralf ,  and  the  church  was  called 
* 'Logansville  and  DeGrafF  Presbyterian  church."  Manv  of  the 
members  of  this  church  united  with  the  Parish  church  in  1866,  and 
in  1869  with  the  DeGraff  church.  In  1874  William  Campbell,  the 
only  surviving  trustee,  transferred  the  property  to  John  Dickson 
for  1 1 00. 

Among  the  earliest  ministers  of  this  church  was  Rev.  William 
M.  Gal  breath. 


138  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  OF  PLEASANT  VALLEY 

This  church  was  organized  in  February,  1835,  when  it  was 
called  the  church  of  "Miami,"  but  in  April,  1839,  and  probably  in 
March,  1836,  it  was  called  "Pleasant  Valley"  church.  They  usual- 
ly met  in  Mr.  Hukill's  bam,  which  stood  within  the  present  lim- 
its of  Bellecenter.  It  was  organized  by  the  Rev.  Thomas  B.  Clark, 
who  began  preaching  in  this  section  of  the  country  in  1832  and 
who  continued  to  supply  its  pulpit  until  1841.  Among  its 
original  24  members  were: — ^John  Hemphill  and  Martha  Hemphill, 
his  wife;  John  Hemphill,  Jr.,  and  Elinor,  his  wife;  Julia  A. 
Howell  and  Margaret  Irwin,  and  the  families  of  Mr.  Hukill,  Rob- 
ert Gebby,  John  Zimmerman,  Robert  Guy,  Rev.  Thomas  B.  Clark, 
and  later  of  the  other  pastor,  the  Rev.  George  P.  Pogue.  Robert 
Gebby  and  John  Zimmerman  were  the  elders. 

The  Richland  church  of  1837  was  a  division  from  this  church. 

¥    C 

SECOND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH 

OF  BELLEFONTAINE. 

The  Second  Presbyterian  church  of  Bellefontaine,  Ohio,  was 
organized  in  the  spring  of  1836.  The  elders  were  Thomas  Mar- 
quis, Joshua  Robb,  Robert  B.  Wilson,  Robert  McCoid  and  others 
not  remembered. 

A  house  of  worship  was  erected  on  North  Detroit  street,  be- 
tween Columbus  and  Sandusky,  which  is  now  occupied  as  a  car- 
riage shop.  The  ground  on  which  it  stands  was  conveyed  by 
Alexander  Wilson  and  Mary,  his  wife,  to  Joshua  Robb,  Joseph 
Marquis  and  Joseph  Nelson  as  trustees  of  the  Second  Presbyterian 
church,  in  December,  1838. 

The  first  pastor  was  Rev.  John  A.  Meeks;  second.  Rev.  John 
■  L.  Bellville;  third,  Rev.  David  K.  Polk.  The  following  is  a  partial  list 
of  the  members: — Thomas  Marquis  and  wife,  Joana;  Joshua  Robb 
and  wife,  Mary;  Alexander  Wilson  and  wife,  William  Robb  and 
wife,  Margaret;  Thomas  L.  Mays  and  wife,  Catherine;  Robert  B. 
Wilson  and  wife,  Robert  McCoid  and  wife,  Moses  Wellman  and 
wife,  Ann;  Captain  William  Marquis  and  wife,  Nancy;  John  Mar- 
quis and  wife,  Margaret;  James  Marquis  and  wife,  Mary;  Rev. 
John  Marquis,  Jr.,  and  wife,  Mary;  Samuel  Douglas  and  wife^ 
Rebecca;  Miss  Mary  Marquis,  James  P.  McCoy  and  wife,  Nancy; 
Moses  Marquis  and  wife,  Ann;  William  Marquis  and  wife,  Joseph 
McNutty  and  wife,  John  Nelson  and  wife,  Sarah;  Miss  Jane  Mays^ 
Samuel  Cowan  and  wife,  Joseph  Nelson  and  wife,  Elizabeth;  Joshua 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES   OF   I,OGAN   COUNTY.  I39 

Robb,  Jr.,  and  wife,  Sarah;  Miss  Jane  Marquis,  Miss  Elizabeth 
Marquis,  Miss  Nancy  Marquis,  Miss  Jane  Park,  Samuel  Alexander 
and  wife,  Sarah  Jane;  Mrs.  Ann  Robb,  Sylvester  Robb  and  wife, 
Isabel;  Colonel  David  Robb  and  wife,  Nancy;  Mrs.  Hannah  Ross, 
John  Robb  and  wife,  Nancy;  Miss  Elizabeth  Robb,  Soloman 
Adams  and  wife,  Julia;  James  Marquis  and  wife,  William  Cook 
and  wife,  Jane;  William  Alexander  and  wife,  Elizabeth;  Joseph 
Marquis  and  wife,  Eliza;  James  Mays,  Joseph  Robb  and  Mrs. 
Hannah  Beall. 

The  church  disbanded  in  1850,  and  the  church  property  was 
sold  to  the  Associate  Reform  church  of  Belief ontaine,  in  March  of 
that  year. 

91    » 

PRESBXTi:RIAN    CJffURCH    OF    NEW^    RICHLAND. 

This  church  was  organized  about  1837  in  or  near  the  present 
town  of  New  Richland  by  the  Rev.  G.  P.  Pogue.  The  meetings 
were  held  at  the  houses  and  barns  of  some  of  the  members.  A  church 
building  was  later  erected.  Among  the  members  learned  of  were 
the  following: — William  M.  Scott  and  John  Zimmerman,  elders;  R. 
B.  Simpson  and  his  wife,  Deborah  (Thompson)  Simpson;  Kate 
Thompson  (Bennett,)  Matthew  Simpson,  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  and 
children;  Robert  Simpson,  W.  W.  Simpson,  Rebecca  Simpson, 
Henry  Van  Hover,  Margaret  Simpson,  Sarah  Simpson,  William 
McClure,  Samuel  L^ambard  and  his  wife,  Leama  H.  (Dickey;)  Mr. 
Hemphill  and  Mrs.  Frances  Mains. 

This  church  was  a  "New  School"  Presbyterian  church.  It 
continued  but  a  few  years. 

PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF    WEST    LIBERTY. 

The  first  settlements  of  this  county  were  in  the  southern  por- 
tion and  the  first  regular  Presbyterian  preaching  was  also  natural- 
ly there.  About  West  Liberty,  at  Mack-a-Cheek  and  Muddy  Run 
there  were  regular  services  held  as  early  as  1813-14  and  probably 
befo're.  But  the  first  regular  meetings  in  the  village  were  prob- 
ably begun  in  1826  under  arrangements  made  by  the  Presbytery 
held  in  Bellefontaine  that  year,  by  which  the  congregation  of 
West  Liberty,  which  had  been  organized  before  April  5th,  1826, 
was  attached,  for  the  purpose  of  church  government,  to  the  church 
of  Stoney  Creek,  and  the  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  made  pastor,  to 


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employ  one  quarter  of  three-quarters  of  his  entire  time  at  West 
Liberty. 

April  3,  1827,  the  congregition  of  West  Iviberty,  at  its  request, 
was  united  by  the  Presbytery  to  the  congreg"ation  of  Bellefontaine 
so  that  both  could  obtain  a  double  share  of  Mr.  Stevenson's 
preaching,  and  so  that  both  could  worship  in  a  new  church,  for 
which  Bellefontaine  was  then  arranging. 

In  1830-31  the  Rev.  Mr.  Garland  preached  here   half   of   the 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHTRCH,   WEST    LIBERTY,  OHIO. 

time.  In  1840  the  Rev.  R.  H.  Hollyday,  then  assisting  Rev.  Mr. 
Stevenson  in  the  First  church  at  Bellefontaine,  preached  here  each 
alternate  Sabbath, 

In  1841  Mr,  Hollyday  organized  the  present  church,  the 
original  members  being: — Harriett  Reynolds,  John  M.  Glover, 
elder;  Isabella  Glover,  Clarissa  Stewart,  Nancy  Jane  Kirkwood, 
Caroline  Kirkwood,  Laura  Beebe,  Eva  Eliza  Runkle,  Sarah  Chap- 
man, Sarah  Miller,  Jane  Hildebrand,  Margaret  Andrews,  Henry 
Secrist,  Jane  Morris,  Dorothy  Secrist,  Rachel  Elliott,  John  W.  Ing- 
ham, trustee;  Caroline  Ingham,  Jane  McClay,  Maria  White,  Samuel 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES    OF   I^OGAN    COUNTY.  I4I 

Taylor,  trustee;  Aaron  Mitchell,  Isabella  McBetli,  William  Kirk- 
wood,  Mrs.  Kirkwood,  Marquis  Wood,  elder;  Mary  Anne  Wood. 

The  meetings  were  held  in  a  room  prepared  in  the  "Old  Stone 
Distillery"  until  the  erection  of  a  church  building  in  1S45.  Aug- 
ust 21,  1843,  the  first  church  lot  was  deeded  to  the  trustees,  Sam- 
uel Taylor,  J.  W.  Ingham  and  J.  M.  Glover,  by  Thomas  B.  Miller. 
The  first  building  was  burned  in  1889.  On  May  17,  1890,  the 
church  lot  was  re-deeded  to  them  by  Mary  J,  (wife  of  J.  Emerson  ) 
Smith,  Susan  F.,  Frances  and  Minnie  K.  Glover,  and  the  present 
edifice  erected.  In  March,  1899,  the  church  had  six  elders,  seven 
deacons,  146  members  and  ^^o  in  the  Sunda}-- school. 

The  ministers  have  been: — Rev.  R.  H.  Hollyday  to  1842;  Rev. 
Milton  A.  Sacket,  1843-44;  Rev.  James  H.  Gill,  1846-53;  Rev. 
William  Perkins,  1854;  Rev.  Lr.  I.  Drake,  1855-85;  Rev.  Reese  M. 
Edwards,  Rev.  C.  W.  Hempstead,  Rev.  David  J.  Blyth,  Rev. 
Charles  J.  McCracken,  1899. 

PRESBTTERIAN    CHURCH    OF     RICHLAND. 

This  church  was  started  by  the  Rev.  George  P.  Pogue  about 
1846  by  meetings  held  at  David  Ghormle3''s  house.  Among  the 
original  tw^enty-six  members  were:  —  The  families  of  David 
Ghormley,  elder;  Eben  Durkee,  deacon;  C.  I.  Brooks,  Aaron  Cof- 
let,  Mr.  Rogers  and  A.  I.  Van  Horn. 

A  church  building  was  erected  in  1849  at  the  Rogers  farm,  in 
section  14,  on  the  south  side  of  the  road  north  of  the  present  reser- 
voir. The  services  prior  to  that  time  were  held  in  the  Van  Horn 
school  house.  After  the  building  of  the  Lewistown  reservoir  in 
J 850-5 1,  the  minister  and  most  of  the  members  gradually  removed, 
and  in  1854  it  ceased  to  exist. 

PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF    ZANESFIELD. 

The  first  regular  Presbyterian  services  were  held  in  the  Meth- 
odist meeting  house  about  1847-50  by  the  Rev.  James  H.  Gill,  pas- 
tor at  West  Liberty,  and  Rev.  William  M.  Galbreath.  January  11. 
1 85 1,  a  church  was  organized  with  the  following  members: — Solo- 
mon Adams,  Jane  McAdin,  Martha  Miller,  Luther  Smith,  Marga- 
ret Marquis,  Sarah  McCoy,  Joshua  Robb,  Sr.,  Maria  Adams,  Eliza- 
beth Milner,  William  Marquis,  Elizabeth  Moore,  Julia  Adams,  Syl- 
vester Robb,  Wm.  Cook,  Effie  Smith,  Nancy  McCoy,  John  Nelson, 
Sarah  Robb,  Jesse  Milner,  Elizabeth  A.  Nelson,  Nancy  Marquis, 


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Margaret  Odor,  Thomas  McAdin,  Isabella  Robb,  Jane  Cook, 
Bridget  Kenton,  Jane  McCoy,  Sarah  Nelson,  Mary  Robb,  Joseph 
Nelson,  Ann  Robb,  Samuel  Marquis. 

Many  of  the  above  had  been  members  of  the  First  and  after- 
wards of  the  Second  church  of  Bellefontaine,  and  upon  the  discon- 
tinviance  of  the  latter  they  assisted  in  organizing  this  church. 
Two  hundred  and  seventy-seven  members  have  been  added  since 
the  organization. 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  ZANESFIELD. 

The  following  have  been  elders: — Luther  Smith,  E.  T.  Davis, 
Thomas  Marquis,  G.  P.  Stevenson,  Joshua  Robb,  C.  H.  Chapman, 
James  Jameson,  J.  C.  Smith,  Justus  Rutan,  J.  K.  Abraham,  Emer- 
son Smith.  Present  elders:  — S.  C.  Robb,  H.  C.  Miller,  J.  K. 
Stevenson  and  G.  D.  Adams. 

The  ministers  have  been: — Rev.  J.  K.  Lyle,  185 1;  Rev.  T.  T. 
Smith,  1853;  Rev.  E.  B.  RaflFensperger,  1857;  Rev.  Wm.  G. 
Hillman,  1858;  Rev.  J  H.  Gill,  1859;  Rev.  James  A.  Marshall, 
i860;  Rev.  Charles  Hill,  1866-69;  Rev.  Luther  Smith,  1874-79; 
Rev.  J.  T.  Smith,  1853,  Rev.  L.  I.  Drake,  1859;  Rev.  Jas.  A.  Mar. 
shall,  1863-64;  Rev.  L.  J.  Drake,  1870-74;  Rev.  Luther  Smith,  1874- 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES   OF   I^OGAN    COUNTY. 


143 


79;  Rev.  D.  O.  Ghormley,  1880;  Rev.  Jas.  A.  Darrah,  1881;  Rev,  R. 
C.  Colmery,  D.  D.,  1882-83;  Rev.  Wm.  G.  March,  1882-83;  Rev. 
G.  L.  Kalb,  D.  D.,  1883-84. 

Dr.  Kalb  has  always  had  a  fatherl}^  care  for  this  church,  re- 
ceiving more  members  into  the  church  than  any  other  pastor. 

Students  who  supplied  the  pulpit  occasionally  were: — D.  G. 
Collins,  R.  Scott  Stevenson  and  J.  G.  Grabiel.  The  later  ministers 
have  been  Rev.  C.  W.  Hempstead,  Rev.  David  J.  Blyth  and  Rev. 
Chas.  J.  McCracken. 

June  29,  1852,  Noah  and  Zane  McColloch  sold  to  Mr.  Luther 
Smith,  in  trust  for  the  church,  lot  5,  now  lot  30,  in  McColloch's 
addition,  on  which  the  present  church  building  was  soon  erected. 

There  have  been  Sabbath-school  organizations  at  different 
times,  but  none  very  long  lived  until  the  one  organized  in  1890, 
with  J.  G.  Grabiel  superintendent.  This  organization  has  kept  in 
good  running  order  ever  since,  and  at  present  is  in  a  flourishing 
and  encouraging  condition,  J.  E.  Dunaway  superintendent. 

A  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor  was  organized 
in  1891  by  a  committee  of  five  from  the  Bellefontaine  society,  and 
has  been  running  successfully  ever  since. 

REV,  I^UTHER  SMITH. 

Rev.  Luther  Smith,  son  of  Ely 
and  Amy  (Emerson)  Smith,  born  at 
Mollis,  New  Hampshire,  August  11, 
1800,  graduated  from  Brown  Univer- 
sity in  1824,  studied  law,  located  at 
Paris,  Kentucky,  in  1827,  where  he 
opened  an  academy. 

He  married,  October,  1834,  Lu- 
cretia  Caldwell,  who  died  in  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky.  He  married,  second, 
in  1845,  Effie  Moody,  of  Clifton,  Ohio, 
and  moved  to  Logan  county.  After 
teaching  for  several  years  he  settled 
on  his  farm  near  Zanesfield. 

In  all  matters  of  public   welfare 

he  was  a  leader.     He  had  studied  the- 

REv.  LUTHER  SMITH.  ology  whilc  iu  Kentucky.     In  1874  he 

was  licensed  and  ordained  by  the  Bellefontaine  Presbytery  and  w^as 

installed  pastor  of  the  Zanesfield  church.     In    1875   he  built  the 


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PREvSBA^rERrAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Presbyterian  church  of  Ea^t  I;iberty  in  which  he  preached.  He 
continued  to  serve  in  both  'churches  until  1879,  and  in  East 
Liberty  church  until  about  1883.  He  died  soon  after.  His  child- 
ren were  James  Emerson;  now  of  Piqua,  Ohio,  and  William  C. 
Smith.  ^      f'-f^  i'iiiJ5-:.T::  '  :  :  - 

PRESBYTERIAN    CiHURCH    OF    DEGRAFF. 

A  petition  having  been  presented  to  the  Presbytery  of  Sidney 
in  April,  1865,  then  in  session  at  Relief pntaine,  Ohio,  for  a  Presby- 
terian church  at  DeGrafE,  Ohio,  ministers  G.  L.  Kalb   and   Alex- 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  DEGRAFF,  OHIO. 

ander  Telford  and  Elder  Robert  Smith  were  Pre.sbytery's  commit- 
tee to  visit  the  field,  and  should  the  way  be  clear  organize  a  church. 
The  committee  met  May  13  of  the  same  year  and  organized  the 
church  with  twelve  members,  and  at  the  same  time  Lyman  Doane 
was  elected  elder  and  installed,  having  been  an  elder  in  the  Lo- 
gansville  and  DeGraff  church.  Ten  days  later  William  Walker,  a 
former  ruling  elder  of  the  Logansville  and  DeGraflF  church,  was 
elected  a  ruling  elder  in  the  DeGraff  Presbyterian  church  and  in- 
stalled.    September   30,  ^1895,  Lyman    Doane,    William    Walker, 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES   OF   LOGAN   COUNTY. 


M5 


Aaron  Mitchell.  William  Campbell  and  P.  Craig  were  elected  Trus- 
tees of  the  church,  at  the  same  time  Henry  Huling  and  G.  Cal- 
land,  formerly  deacons  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Spring  Hill, 
were  elected  deacons  in  the  DeGraff  Presbyterian  church.  Rev. 
W.  H.  Honnell,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Transylvania,  was  the  first 

minister  to  serve  this  newly  or- 
ganized church;  he  served  the 
church  as  a  supply.  The  Rev. 
F.  M.  Kumler  has  served  the 
church  as  pastor  since  April  ist, 
1893.  During  this  time  the 
church  has  been  greatly  en- 
couraged and  built  up,  the 
membership  being  more  than 
doubled,  and  a  convenient  and 
substantial  parsonage  built. 
The  chvirch  has  the  rotary  sys- 
tem of  eldership,  and  the  pres- 
ent Board  of  Elders  are: — James 
Hays,  W.  E.  Harris,  A.  H. 
Moore,  T.  H.  Ross  and  J.  W. 
Walker.  Jacob  Kloepfer,  J.  W. 
Wiegman,  Henry  Huling  and 
A.  B.  Huston  constitute  the 
present  Board  of  Deacons, 
while  James  Mays,  Solomon 
Wambaugh,  A.  H.  Moore,  Ja- 
cob Kloepfer  and  Hiram  Huber  make  up  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Charter  members  were: — Lyman  Doane,  Martha  Doane,  Nancy 
Murphy,  William  Campbell,  Martha  Barnhart,  Jane  Boggs,  Eliza- 
beth Huston,  Mary  A.  McElroy,  Hannah  Reynolds,  Aaron  Mitchell, 
Sarah  C.  Mitchell,  Martha  Mitchell. 

Pastors  and  supplies  of  the  DeGrafT  Presbyterian  church  were: 
— Rev.  W.  M.  Galbreath  was  pastor  of  Spring  Hill  church  from 
1849  to  1853.  During  that  time  he  preached  at  DeGraff,  how  reg- 
ular is  not  known.  The  records  do  not  inform  us  as  to  this,  but 
he  preached  here  as  late  as  1865.  The  church  home  was  built  in 
1856,  and  dedicated  on  New  Year's  day,  1857. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Honnell  was  stated  supply  here  from  May,  1865, 
to  April,  1868.  Then  Rev.  Alexander  Telford  became  stated  sup- 
ply in  September,  1868,  and  continued  until  1873. 


REV.    F.   M.   KUMLER. 


146  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

Rev.  Joseph  Lower  became  pastor  in  August,  1874,  and  so  con- 
tinued until  1876.  In  September,  1876,  Rev.  A.  B,  Struthers  became 
stated  supply  and  so  continued  until  1879.  Then  Rev.  F.  Lynn 
became  stated  supply  in  September,  1879,  ^^^  so  continued  until 
some  time  in  1880.  Then  for  about  six  years  the  church  was  sup- 
plied by  students  of  theology,  Dr.  Kalb  filling  in  by  preaching  in 
the  afternoons,  Messrs.  Marshman,  D,  G.  Collins,  R.  S.  Stevenson 
and  J.  G.  Grabiel  being  some  of  them. 

In  1886  Rev.  J.  E.  Alexander  became  pastor  for  one-half  of  his 
time  and  so  continued  until  some  time  in  1889, 

Early  in  1891  Rev.  J.  G.  Grabiel  became  stated  supply  and  so 
continued  until  some  time  in  1892. 

PRESBYTERIAN     CHURCH     OF    BELLECENTER. 

This  church  was  indirectly  the  successor  of  the  churches  of 
Pleasant  Valley  and  Richland,  which  see. 

It  w^as  organized  December  9,  1852,  the  first  pastor  being  the 
Rev.  J.  A.  Weeks;  the  elders,  Alvin  Clark  and  James  Dunlap. 

The  original  members  were: — Rebecca  Zimmerman^  Samuel 
Lambert,  Elizabeth  C.  Hukill,  John  Zimmerman,  Francis  Mains, 
Maria  McLaughlin,  Joseph  Patton,  Sarah  Pilbrick,  Susan  Gebby, 
Elizabeth  Hemphill,  Eleanor  Lambert,  Hazzard  Hopkins,  Mary 
Clark,  James  Dunlap,  William  Yates,  Margaret  E.  Patton,  Andrew 
Yates,  J.  L.  Hemphill,  Eleanor  Hemphill,  Mary  Hemphill,  Alvin 
Clark,  Jane  Scott,  Mary  J.  Martin,  Margareta  Yates,  C.  C.  Scott, 
Sarah  Deer. 

The  early  services  were  held  in  the  old  Methodist  church  and 
in  the  school  houses. 

January  i,  1857,  the  trustees,  William  Ritchie,  James  Ritchie, 
and  A.  Clark,  purchased  lot  69,  where  the  present  church  building 
was  erected.  The  other  ministers  have  been: — Rev.  William 
Young,  1855-58;  Rev.  Henry  M.  Shockley,  1870-76;  Rev.  John  K. 
Argo,  1893-95;  Rev.  Amos  Bartholomew,  1859-67;  Rev.  A.J.  Clark, 
1877-93;  Rev.  Edward  P.  Elcock,  since  1895, 

Some  of  the  other  officers  have  been: — Elders  James  Ritchie, 
Joseph  Clyde,  William  McLain,  William  Lowrey,  James  Sherrat, 
Archibald  Jameson,  Josiah  R.  Laughlin,  Seth  Taylor,  Samuel  Har- 
bert,  William  R.  Ritchie,  John  A.  Hemphill,  John  L.  Clark, 
Deacons;— Josiah   R.  Laughlin,  R.  B.  Simpson,    William    Hoon, 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  BELLECENTER,  OHIO. 

William  Hemphill,  S.  H.  Bergert,  C.  Zahler.      Present  trustees:^ — 
A.  J.  Wallace,  William  Torrence,  H.  J.  Mack,  Davis  Zahler. 

In  March,  1899,  this  church  had  6  elders,  5  deacons,  236  mem- 
bers and  143  Sunday-school  scholars, 

tf    if 

PARISH    PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF 
PLEASANT    TP. 

This  church  was  organized  by  the  Rev.  William  H.  Honnell 
February  i,  1866,  in  a  frame  building  previously  occupied  by  the 
Methodist  denomination,  w^hich  stood  on  the  west  side  of  the 
Bokengehalas  Creek,  where  the  Belief ontaine  and  Logansville 
road  now  crosses  the  same.  Among  the  original  twenty-eight 
members,  March  i,  1867,  were: — ^Joseph  E.  Carr,  elder;  Nancy 
(Douglas)  Carr,  Josephine  Carr,  Joseph  Rathmell,  elder;  Hannah 
Rathmell,  Mary  Rathmell,  Robert  Parish,  elder;  G.  Turner  Parish, 
deacon;  Margaret  Parish,  Mary  Parish,  Sarah  Parish,  Annie  (Mak- 
emson)  Hamer,  Daniel  Hamer,  Margery  (Horst)  Hamer,  Mary 
E.  Hamer,  John  Parish,  Ellen  (Douglas)  Parish,  Marcellus  Stew- 
art, Angeline  Turner,  Albert  Turner,  Rebecca  Rish,  Hannah  Beale, 
Eliza  Martin. 


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PRICSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Mr.  Honiiell  began  preaching  here  in  1865.  The  Parish  organ- 
ization was  discontinued  on  October  24,  1867,  as  the  above  men- 
tioned meeting  house  had  burned,  and  all  of  above  named  mem- 
bers were  received  by  letter  from  this  church  into  the  DeGraff 
Presbyterian  church. 

Note. — Rev.  William  H.  Honnell,  son  of  William  and  Ellinor 
(Wilson)  Honnell,  of  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  born 
October,  6,  1828,  was  educated  at  Sidney,  (Ohio),  Oxford  College 
and  Danville  (Kentucky)  Theological  Seminary.  Was  chaplain, 
First  Kentucky  Cavalry,  U.  S.  A.,  1861-65.  Preached  in  Ken- 
tucky, pastor  at  DeGraff  and  Parish,  1866-69,  later  at  Rushsylvania. 
Moved  to  Evart,  Kansas,  in  1886. 

PRESBTTERIAN     CHURCH     OF     RUSHS  YL,VANIA. 

The  Presbyterian  church  was  organized  June  3,  1867,  by  a 
commission  of  Sidney  Presbytery,  consisting  of  the  Reverends  G. 
L.  Kalb  and  A.  Bartholomew  and  Elders  William  McColloch  and 
Samuel  Hoover,  with  thirteen   members,  five   by   certificate   and 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH,    RUSHSYLVANIA,    OHIO. 

eight  on  profession  of  their  faith.  Those  by  certificate  were  three 
from  Bellecenter  Presbyterian  church,  viz. : —  W.  F.  Lowrey, 
his  wife,  Amanda,  and  Sarah  Stewart.  From  the  Bellefontaine 
Presbyterian  church; — John  C.  Walter  and  Eliza,  his  wife.     Those 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES   OF   I,OGAN    COUNTY.  149 

on  profession  were: — Catharine  Lideigh,  Maria  Hemphill,  Henri- 
etta Carson,  Anna  J.  Howard,  Elizabeth  Heller,  Jacob  Grabiel  and 
Mary  J.,  his  wife. 

Seven  of  the  original  members  are  living  still,  viz.: — Sarah 
Stewart,  Anna  J.  Howard,  John  C.  Walter  and  Mary  J.  Grabiel, 
members  of  the  Rushsylvania  Presbyterian  church  at  present.  The 
other  three  are  Amanda  Lowery,  a  member  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian church  at  Lyons,  Kansas;  Maria  Hemphill,  now  living  in  Chi- 
cago, and  Catharine  Lideigh,  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church 
near  New  Jerusalem,  this  county. 

At  the  organization  W.  F.  Lowrey,  having  been  an  elder  in 
the  Bellecenter  church,  and  Jacob  Grabiel  were  elected  elders  and 
Johfi  C.  Walter,  deacon. 


REV.    J.    E.    ALEXANDER   AND   FAMILY. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Honnell  was  the  first  stated  supply  of  the  church, 
serving  about  six  years.  Rev.  Solomon  Cooke  was  stated  supply 
for  six  months.  The  first  building  was  erected  in  1879,  a  frame 
costing  about  |2,5oo. 

Rev.  J.  E.  Alexander  came  on  the  field  in  1875,  then  a  student 


I50  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY 


in  Lane  Theological  Seminar}^  and  has  had  charge  of  the  church 
since  that  time,  being  still  its  pastor. 

The  church  has  had  a  healthy,  but  not  a  rapid  growth  and 
had  in  March,  1899,  six  elders,  6  deacons,  157  members  and  130 
Sunday-school  scholars.  A  new  building  was  erected  in  1893-94, 
being  dedicated  in  July,  1894.  It  was  built  of  brick  with  stone 
trimmings,  slate  roof,  basement  with  heater,  bowled  floor 
circular  pews,  with  lecture  room  and  two  infant  class  rooms,  all  so 
arranged  as  to  be  connected  with  the  main  audience  room  when 
necessary.  The  auditorium  will  seat  300,  and  with  the  Sabbath- 
school  department  500  can  be  comfortably  seated.  It  is  located  on  a 
corner  lot  and  the  highest  point  on  Main  street.  It  cost,  including 
lot,  about  |5,6oo. 

PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF    EAST    LIBERTY. 

The  Presbyterian  church  of  East  Liberty  was  not  a  separate 
organization,  but  part  of  the  Zanesfield  church.  Among  the  early 
members  were: — Charles  H.  Chapman  and  George  Adams,  elders; 
Effie,  wife  of  Rev.  Luther  Smith;  Mary,  (Brown)  wife  of  G.  D. 
Adams;  Emily,  (How)  wife  of  C.  H.  Chapman;  Ellen,  wife  of  Joshua 
Dickinson,  daughters  Sallie  and  Jennie;  Elizabeth,  wife  of  J.  M. 
Jameson,  and  daughters  Barbary  (McNiel)  and  Mary  (Winner); 
Richard  Armstrong  and  wife,  Eliza,  (Bell)  and  children  Eliza  J., 
(Irwin)  Effie,  (Humaker)  Sallie,  (Ferguson)  Margaret  (Smith)  and 
John;  Harriett,  wife  of  John  Armstrong;  Winfield  Akey,  Emerson 
Smith  (son  of  Rev.  Luther  Smith)  and  wife,  Mary  (Glover)  Smith. 

Rev.  Mr.  Smith  was  pastor  of  the  congregation  until 
about  1883.  July  24,  1875,  the  trustees  of  the  Zanesfield 
Presbyterian  church,  of  East  Liberty,  purchased  a  lot,  120x88 
feet  in  size,  in  East  Liberty,  and  erected  a  church  building  in  1876. 
This  was  occupied  by  them  as  a  church  and  by  the  LTnion  Sunday- 
school,  of  East  Liberty,  under  Moses  Emerson,  (father  of  Captain 
J.  D.  and  George  W.  Emerson)  as  superintendent,  until  1883,  when 
so  many  moving  away  the  services  were  discontinued. 

The  property  was  conveyed  April  4,  1885,  to  the  Disciple 
church  by  Alfred  McAtee,  George  D.  Adams,  J.  C.  Smith,  James 
Jameson  and  Thomas  Flack  trustees  of  the  Zanesfield  Presbyterian 
church  of  East  Liberty, 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCHES  OF   I,OGAN    COUNTY.  151 

PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    OF    RIDGEWAX. 

The  Ridgeway  church  was  organized  June  29,  1875,  by  a  com- 
mittee of  the  Bellefontaine  Presbytery  consisting  of  Rev.  George  L. 
Kalb  and  Elder  J.  C.  Walter,  with  five  members,  viz. : — Nanc}- 
Early,  William  J.  Early  and  Alexander  Denison  on  examination 
and  profession  of  faith  in  Christ,  and  Amy  A.  Hill  by  certificate 
from  the  Rushsylvania  Presbyterian  church.  W.  J.  Early  and 
Alexander  Denison  were  elected,  ordained  and  installed  elders,  and 
the  church  declared  organized  under  the  name  of  the  Rush  Creek 
Presbyterian  church,  by  the  Presbytery.  The  name  was  changed 
to  that  of  "The  Ridgeway  Presbyterian  church."  The  organiza- 
tion was  effected  in  the  "White  Swan  School  House,"  about  two 
miles  south  of  Ridgeway.  At  Ridgeway  in  1878-79  a  church  build- 
ing was  erected,  costing  about  |;2,20o,  which  was  dedicated  in  the 
fall  of  1879.  The  building  is  a  neat  brick  structure  and  will  seat 
225.  This  church  never  had  a  regularly  installed  pastor.  For  the 
most  time  Rev.  J.  E.  Alexander,  pastor  of  the  Rushsylvania  Presby- 
terian church,  had  supplied  them  with  preaching,  every  two  weeks 
in  the  afternoon.     The  membership  at  present  is  about  32. 


152  PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Addresses  Dejlivered 

AT  THE  CELEBRATION  OF  THE  THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERvSARY  OF 
THE  PASTORATE  OF  THE  REV.  GEORGE  t,.  KAI,B,  D.  D.,  OF  THIS 
CHURCH,  SEPTEMBER  28,  1898,  AND  THE  SEVENTIETH  ANNI- 
VERSARY OF  THE  ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  FIRST  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH,  OF  BELI.EFONTAINE,  OHIO,    1828-1898. 

PROGRAM. 

Praj^er.  Music. 

The  Founders  of  the  Church  and  their  Decendants W.  V.  Marquis 

The  Pastors  of  the  Church Dr.  S.  W.  Fuller 

The  Children  of  the  Church,  Who  have  Entered  the  Ministry  and  Mission 

Field Mrs.  S.  A.  Buchanan 

The  Children  of  the  Church J.  E.  West 

The  Work  and  Influence  of  the  Church  in  the  Community 

Rev.  G.  W.  Hamilton,  D.  D. 

Music. 

Our  Temples  of  Worship E.  J.  Howenstine 

The  Singers  in  Israel G.  M .  Stevenson 

Our  Pastor,  His  Work  and  His  Influence W.  H.  West 

Our  Pastor's  Wife Mrs.  J.  M.  Riddle 

Reminiscences. 

Benediction. 

The  addresses  were  delivered  in  the  auditorium  of  the  church. 
The  Bellefontaine  Presbytery  was  in  session.  Its  proceedings  were 
postponed  for  this  occasion  and  its  members  took  part. 

Rev.  Mr.  Fulton,  of  Kenton,  moderator  of  the  Presbyter}',  pre- 
sided. He  explained  the  part  the  Presbytery  had  been  required 
to  take  in  severing  the  relationship,  as  pastor,  of  Dr.  Kalb  to  this 
church.  By  appointment  of  the  Presbytery,  Rev.  Edward  P. 
Elcock  delivered  an  address  reviewing  Dr.  Kalb's  long  pastorate 
and  his  connection  with  this  Presbytery. 

THE  FOUNDERS  OF  THE  CHURCH  AND 
THEIR  DECENDANTS. 

BY     \Y.     V.    MARQUIS. 

Many  of  the  founders  of  this  church  were  decendants  of  the 
sturdy  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians,  who  fled  from  the  Old  Country 
to  establish  and  maintain,  on  American  soil,  the  principles  of 
religious  and  political  liberty  denied  them  in  their  native  land. 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  153 

Many  others  can  trace  their  ancestry  back  more  than  two  cen- 
turies; to  the  time  of  the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  by  Ivouis 
the  14th,  of  France;  at  which  time,  MacCaulay  says  in  his  history  of 
England,  "That  in  a  few  months  fifty  thousand  of  the  best  fam- 
ilies quitted  France  forever,"  by  reason  of  the  persecution  of  the 
Huguenots  (or  Presbyterians.)  "Nor  were  they  such."  he  further 
says,  "as  a  country  can  well  spare,  being,  generally,  persons  of 
intelligent  minds;  of  industrious  habits  and  of  austere  morals." 

These  refugees  emigrated  chiefly  to  Pennsylvania  and  Virginia, 
thence  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  to  Washington  and.  adjoining 
counties;  thence  to  Belmont,  Guernsey,  Harrison,  Knox,  Licking, 
Muskingum  and  probably  other  counties  in  Eastern  Ohio,  some 
ultimatel)'  locating  in  Logan  county. 

The  first  name  that  appears  upon  the  records  is  that  of  the 
pastor,  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson.  "The  Pastors  of  the  Church"  hav- 
ing been  assigned  on  the  program  to  another  person,  it  is  unnec- 
essary for  me  to  refer  to  his  long  life  and  services.  He  was  born 
March  25,  1779,  died  February  24,  1865.  The  next  three  names 
appearing  on  the  record  are  those  of  the  first  Session,  chosen  b}- 
the  church  at  its  organization  in  1828,  to-wit: — Joshua  Robb,  John 
Wilson  Marquis  and  Robert  Patterson. 

Joshua  Robb  came  from  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania, 
about  1824.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812;  was  in  the  battle 
of  the  Thames,  in  Canada,  and  present  when  the  celebrated  Indian 
chief,  Tecumseh,  was  killed  by  the  Kentuckians.  He  was  a  giant 
in  stature  and  in  strength,  being  over  six  feet  in  height.  At  one 
time  three  or  four  ministers  met  in  Bellefontaine  by  appointment 
to  go  in  company  to  a  meeting  of  Synod  in  Columbus.  Mr.  Robb 
accompanied  them  on  foot.  When  the  party  reached  the  town  of 
Zanesfield,  five  miles  east.  Judge  Robb  said  he  would  "go  on 
ahead  and  report  to  the  Synod  that  they  were  coming."  He  ar- 
rived at  Columbus  several  hours  in  advance  of  the  gentlemen  on 

horse  back.     He  died  at  Lima,  Ohio,  at  an  advanced  age,  about 
1862. 

Robert  Patterson  came  from  Licking  county  in  1S24;  was 
chosen  Clerk  of  the  first  Session  and  continued  to  serve  for  12  or  15 
years.  He  was  one  of  the  early  merchants  of  Bellefontaine,  and 
prominent  and  active  in  the  church,  in  business  and  in  the  public 
affairs  of  Logan  county.  He  was  born  in  County  Down,  Ireland, 
1789,  and  died  at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  Rev.  R.  H.  Holly- 
day,  at  Findlay,  Ohio,  September  7,  1867. 


154  PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


John  Wilson  Marquis,  whose  name  frequently  appears  in  the 
records,  came  from  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
accidentally  killed  on  the  railroad  track  between  Bellefontaine  and 
Ridgeway,  Ohio,  about  1859. 

Thomas  Marquis,  the  next  of  the  early  elders,  was  born  in 
Frederick  county,  Virginia,  October  2,  1767.  Removed  thence  to 
Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  thence  to  Belmont,  Knox  and 
Logan  counties.  He  served  as  elder  in  Logan  count}'  and  else- 
where (before  coming  here)  more  than  half  a  century.  He  died 
October  19,  185 1,  at  the  age  of  84,  in  Montgomery  county,  Ohio. 
The  names  of  other  pioneer  members  are  John  McCracken,  1833; 
John  Faris,  1836;  David  Patterson,  1833;  James  Kerr,  1836. 

I  presume  they  may  all  be  properly  considered  as  founders 
and  pioneers  of  Presbyterianism  in  Logan  count}-.  It  is  impos- 
sible to  trace  the  numerous  decendants  of  these  people  in  the  brief 
time  allowed.  They  are  scattered  all  over  this  land — from  the 
lakes  to  the  gulf  and  from  ocean  to  ocean. 

In  the  list  are  to  be  found  names  eminent  in  church  and  state, 
in  science,  literature  and  art,  and  in  war: — The  Stevensons,  Robbs, 
Kerrs,  Marquises,  Pattersons,  Nelsons,  Cooks,  McCrackens, 
Moores,  Farises  and  B^^ers.  The  names  and  faces  of  their  decend- 
ants are  familiar  to  the  people  of  this  church,  and  of  this  com- 
munity at  the  present  time. 

The  first  one  hundred  members  admitted  to  this  church, 
including  the  founders,  were  equally  divided  between  the  men  and 
the  women,  there  being  just  fifty  of  each. 

Of  the  last  eight  hundred  and  seventeen  members  admitted, 
two  hundred  and  eighty-one  were  males  and  five  hundred  and 
thirty-six  were  females — a  preponderance  of  females  over  males 
of  about  two  to  one.  The  reasons  for  this  preponderance  are  left 
to  be  explained  by  others. 

V    ^ 
PASTORS    OF    THE    CHURCH. 

BY     .SETH    \V.     FULLEK,  M.   D. 

The  following  ministers  have  served  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Bellefontaine: — Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  from  1825  to  1843, 
18  years;  Rev.  R.  H.  Hollyday,  assistant  to  pastor  six  months, 
1840-41;  Rev.  George  A.  Gregg,  1844  to  1854,  10  years;  Rev.  E.  B 
Raffensperger,  1854  to  1859,  4^  years;  Rev.  George  P.  Bergen,  1859 
to  1863,  4  years;  Rev.  G,  L.  Kalb,  D.  D.,  1863  to  1898,  35  years. 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  1 55 

For  a  year  prior  to  Mr.  Gregg's  pastorate  the  pulpit  of  the 
First  church  had  supplies  by  Rev.  Mr.  Sacket,  of  West  Liberty, 
Rev.  Mr.  Spence,  of  Sidney,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Beddow. 

I  have  very  little  information  in  regard  to  the  pastors  of  the 
Second  church,  and  am  indebted  to  Governor  Marquis  for  what  I 
have.  The  church  was  organized  in  1836  by  Presbytery.  Rev.  Jno. 
A.  Meeks  served  this  church  either  as  pastor  or  stated  supply  from 
about  1837  to  1839.  Rev.  Jno.  L.  Belleville  from  about  1839  to 
1847  Rev.  David  K.  Polk  from  1847  to  1849,  at  about  which  time 
the  Second  church  ceased  to  exist.  I  have  no  history  of  conse- 
quence of  these  ministers.  I  think  Rev.  Mr.  Meeks  preached  at 
Spring  Hill  and  West  Liberty  occasionally,  and  finally  took  charge 
of  a  Congregational  church  in  Findlay.  I  had  no  personal  acquaint- 
ance with  Rev.  Mr.  Belleville,  but  know  that  he  was  considered  a 
talented  man,  and  as  he  lived  during  the  controversial  period,  he 
was  often  engaged  in  defending  his  own  views,  which  were  suffic- 
iently pronounced  to  satisfy  almost  any  Calvinist.  Mr.  Belleville 
came  from  Montgomery  county  to  this  place,  and  after  the  close 
of  his  ministry  here  returned  to  that  county  and  died  in  Dayton 
some  years  since  at  an  advanced  age. 

The  Reverend  Joseph  Stevenson,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Logan 
county,  ma}'  also  be  considered  the  father  of  Presbyterianisni  in 
this  part  of  the  country.  He  was  born  in  Hagerstown,  Maryland, 
March  25,  1779,  and  died  February  24,  1865,  at  Bellefontaine,  Ohio. 
"Losing  his  father  when  he  was  but  five  years  of  age,  he  was 
brought  up,  in  part,  in  the  family  of  his  stepfather,  Judge  Edgar. 
At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  was  apprenticed  for  four  and  one-half  years 
and  learned  the  smith  trade  m  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Having  finished  his  apprenticeship  he  set  up  shop  for  himself  in 
1800,  near  Greensburg,  Beaver  county,  Pennsylvania."  He  contin- 
ued for  nearly  three  years  in  business  and  was  greatly  prospered, 
when,  it  is  said,  severe  affliction  overtook  him  and  turned  his 
thoughts  entirely  to  his  soul's  welfare  and  his  mind  to  the 
question  of  preparing  for  the  ministry.  As  was  common  in  that 
da}-  the  young  student,  early  in  the  course  of  his  studies,  married,  so, 
in  1804,  Mr.  Stevenson  wedded  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Mar- 
quis, of  Cross  Creek,  Washington  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  remov- 
ed to  Canonsburg,  where,  after  three  years,  he  completed  his  liter- 
ary studies.  He  spent  nearly  two  years  in  the  study  of  theology 
with  Rev.  Thomas  Marquis.     October  15,  1808,  he  was  licensed  to 


156  PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

preach  the  gospel,  and  ininiediately  entered  upon  his  work  in 
Three  Ridges  and  Forks  of  Wheehng.  In  1812  each  church  was 
able  to  employ  the  full  time  of  a  pastor,  and  he  confined  his  labors 
to  Three  Ridges,  or  West  Alexander.  From  1808  to  1825  he  con- 
tinued to  minister  to  this  people,  though  spending  many  months 
in  various  missionary  tours  North  and  West  in  establishing 
and  revisiting  a  missionary  station  among  the  Ottawa  Indians  on 
the  Maumee.  About  this  time,  1825,  "he  resolved  to  leave  the  peo- 
ple of  his  charge  for  their  good,  but  there  is  abundant  evidence," 
says  his  biographer,  "that  the  church  did  not  agree  with  him  in 
this."  Having  come  into  possession  of  a. large  tract  of  land  in 
Logan  county,  O.,  "without  much  desire  and  labor  on  his  part,"  as 
his  memoranda  says,  where  there  was  little  Piesbyterian  influence, 
and  having  means  to  support  his  family  for  a  time,  he  resolved  to 
move  to  that  county,  and  become  a  self-sustaining  missionary.  It 
was  in  1825  when  he  settled  upon  his  land,  one  and  one-half  miles 
north  of  Bellefontaine,  which  was  his  home  until  he  went  to  the 
better  country. 

When  Mr.  Stevenson  reached  Logan  county,  the  five  counties 
of  which  it  \^■as  the  center  wxre  without  a  Presbyterian  minister. 
As  soon  as  a  cabin  was  constructed  to  shelter  his  family,  he  estab- 
lished for  himself  a  circuit  of  thirteen  preaching  places  to  be 
reached  and  ministered  unto  every  five  weeks.  This  work  he  con- 
tinued for  above  two  years,  in  the  meantime  forming  churches  as 
God  gave  him  adherents.  By  degrees  the  circle  of  his  work  was 
narrowed,  at  length  being  confined  to  the  Bellefontaine  church. 

In  1844,  the  thirty-sixth  year  of  his  active  ministr}-,  the  sixty- 
fifth  year  of  his  life,  he  resigned  his  charge  and  devoted  himself 
to  good  doing  and  the  care  of  his  invalid  wife,  who  died  July  25, 
1849.  The  remaining  sixteen  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in 
attending  ecclesiastical  and  missionary  meetings,  visiting  his 
children,  strengthening  the  churches  and  in  preaching  as  strength 
permitted.  In  his  seventy-sixth  year  he  canvassed  Logan  county  in 
the  interests  of  the  American  Bible  Society.  To  show  the  true 
piety  of  "Father"  Stevenson,  I  copy  this  record  which  he  made 
on  his  eighty-first  birthday.  "I  am  free  from  pain  and  have  no 
disease  which  threatens  my  life,  but  the  infirmities  of  age  admonish 
me  that  my  end  cannot  be  distant.  My  life  here  is  infinitely  bet- 
ter than  I  deserve,  but  to  be  with  Jesus,  whom  I  have  endeavored 
to  serve  for  fifty-seven  years,  would  be  far  better.     It  is  my  inces- 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  I57 

sant  desire  to  live  without  sin.  When  I  lay  down  this  body  I 
shall  be  done  with  sin  forever.  Glorious  hope!  Who  would  not 
die  to  realize  it?  I  would  not  live  alway  in  this  sinning  state — 
would  love  to  be  restored  to  the  image  of  my  Maker,  God,  and 
serve  him  perfectly  forever."  Here  we  have  the  key  to  his  spirit- 
life;  and  he  was  so  imbued  with  the  indwelling  of  the  Spirit;  so 
conformed  to  Christ  that  he  fulfilled  the  injunction  of  the  Savior — 
harmless  as  a  dove — at  the  same  time  being  eminently  wise.  It  is 
hardly  necessary,  after  saying  this,  to  inform  you  that  he  made 
the  Golden  Rule  his  standard  of- action  in  all  his  dealings,  and 
was  just  to  all.  He  was  benevolent,  and  it  is  said  that  toward  the 
end  of  his  life  gave  away  one-fifth  of  his  income.  Intellectually, 
he  was  far  above  the  ordinary — a  good  preacher.  Spiritually,  as 
near  perfection  as  any  man  I  ever  knew. 

Rev.  George  Gregg  served  this  church  from  1844  to  1854,  or 
about  ten  years.  I  was,  during  that  time,  living  in  West  Liberty, 
and  I  heard  him  preach  there  and  at  Spring  Hill,  but  my  acquaint- 
ance with  him  was  limited.  He  was  a  sound  theologian,  and  to 
me  a  fairly  attractive  speaker,  and  from  what  I  have  learned  he 
was  highly  esteemed  as  a  man,  a  pastor  and  a  christian.  How 
successful  his  ministry  was  I  am  not  informed.  His  tragic  death 
was  much  lamented,  he  having  died  of  smallpox.  He  was  opposed 
to  vaccination,  from  what  cause  I  do  not  know,  but  my  impression 
is  he  was  conscienciously  opposed  to  it.  He  was  therefore  unpro- 
tected, and  thus  fell  a  victim  to  his  own  mistake.  Two  or  three 
years  since  the  writer  published  in  a  medical  journal  an  article  en- 
titled "Variola  and  Vaccina,"  reminiscences  and  observations,  and 
from  it  makes  this  extract :—" About  the  middle  of  December,  1 854,  I 
visited  a  gentleman  in  Bellefontaine,  pastor  of  one  of  the  churches 
there,  reported  to  have  smallpox.  He  was  extremely  ill  with  the 
confluent  form,  and  his  condition  about  hopeless.  During  the 
examination  he  threw  his  long  postulated  arm  about  my  neck  and 
held  my  face  to  his  for  some  little  time  in  a  vain  effort  to 
tell  me  something,  but  his  throat  was  so  blocked  with  the  eruption 
he  could  not  articulate  so  as  to  be  understood."  This  I  regretted, 
as  it  is  likely  he  wished  to  give  a  reason  of  his  being  in  his  present 
deplorable  condition.  He  died  very  shortly  after.  During  his 
ministry  here  the  old  Presbyterian  church  on  North  Main  street 
was  built.  He  also  built  the  large  frame  house  on  East  Sandusk}- 
avenue  in  which  he  died,  now  owned  by  Elder  J.  D.  McLaughlin, 


158  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

I'pon  the  whole  I  infer  that  his  ministry  was  very  successful.  He 
was  a  most  energetic  man,  a  great  worker  not  despising 
manual  labor,  but  always  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand  on 
ever}-  proper  occasion.     He  left  a  wife  and  several  children. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Raffensperger  was  pastor  of  the  First  Presbvterian 
church  of  Bellefontaine  from  1854  to  1859,  ^n<^  came  from  Urbana 
to  this  church.  I  first  became  acquainted  wnth  him  in  the  spring 
of  1856.  I  know  nothing  of  his  antecedents,  where  born  or  where 
educated.  He  was  a  man  of  ability,  and  an  impressive  pulpit  ora- 
tor. During  his  ministry  here  there  were  a  number  of  revivals, 
and  one  in  which  a  large  number  of  converts  were  added  to  the 
church.  He  was  indeed  a  good  revivalist;  and  was  fearless  in 
denouncing  wrong- doing  from  the  pulpit.  I  remember  a  notable 
instance  in  which  a  popular  superintendent  of  the  public  schools 
had  been  guilty  of  an  immoral  act  and  was  denounced  in  very 
strong  language— and  Mr.  Raflfensperger  had  the  conmiand  of  that 
when  he  wished  to  use  it.  This  course  made  some  enemies,  mostly 
outside  the  church,  but  unfortunately  he  had  some  in  the  church, 
or  who  claimed  to  be  in  it.  As  has  been  said  his  former  pastorate 
was  in  Urbana,  and  the  opposition  he  had  in  that  place  seemed  to 
have  been  transferred  to  this;  so  clergymen  had  better,  when  they 
change  locations,  make  them  more  than  18  miles  apart.  After  be- 
coming a  member  of  the  Session  I  called  upon  one  of  these  op- 
ponents in  order  to  reconcile  differences,  and  my  recollection  is 
that  the  main  trouble  was  something  that  occurred  at  Urbana,  and 
here  I  may  say  a  good  deal  of  the  opposition  to  ministers  amounts 
to  about  as  much  as  the  old  saw: 

•'I  don't  like  you,  Dr.  Fell, 

The  reason  why  I  cannot  tell, 

But  I  don't  like  you.  Dr.  Fell." 

Mr.  RafTensperger  was  an  enthusiastic  man  and  full  of  energy 
in  his  undertakings.  Notwithstanding  there  were  some  troubles 
in  the  church,  the  number  of  members  continued  to  increase, 
while  the  finances  decreased  or  it  became  more  difficult  to  raise 
the  fimds  to  pay  the  minister's  salary.  There  were  frequent  consul- 
tations between  the  pastor  and  Session;  and  I  remember  one  all 
night  session  when  I  did  not  get  home  until  daylight  in  the  morning. 
And  finally  some  opposition  arose  in  the  Session  especially  in  one 
member;  .so  that  at  the  spring  meeting  of  Presbytery  at  Troy,  O., 
where  I  was  a  member,  he  resigned  his  pastorate.  Now  after  this 
long  lapse  of  time  I  scarcely  feel  that  he  was  well  treated.     But  I 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  1 59 

trust  he  has  gone  to  the  place  where  all  is  love,  joy  and  peace  and 
where  the  turmoil  of  this  world  is  unknown. 

George  P.  Bergen  was  stated  supply  of  this  church  from  1859 
to  1863,  four  years.  He  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  but  had  lived  in 
Kentucky  and  was  probably  educated  there.  He  went  from  that 
state  to  western  Iowa  and  from  there  came  here.  He  was  a 
ready,  pleasant  speaker,  a  good  pastor  and  popular,  esteemed  as  a 
christian  gentleman,  and  by  the  way,  it  is  hard  to  conceive  that 
any  true,  intelligent  christian  can  be  otherwise.  His  charge 
was  during  the  early  and  stormy  period  of  the  war.  He  and  I 
were  in  attendance  at  the  spring  meeting  of  Presbytery  at  West 
Liberty  when  the  news  came  that  Fort  Sumpter  had  been  fired 
upon;  yet  notwithstanding  the  wonderful  war  excitement  of  the 
time  there  were  many  additions  to  the  church,  though  no  general 
revival  as  far  as  I  now  remember.  His  remaining  so  long  as  stated 
supply  was  rather  unusual,  but  there  were  some  members  of  the  Ses- 
sion and  perhaps  others,  who  deemed  it  unwise  to  have  him 
installed  as  pastor.  No  one  doubted  that  he  was  doing  the  best  he 
could  for  the  interest  of  the  church  and  the  cause  of  Christ,  and 
it  must  be  said  that  when  he  left  his  charge  he  had  very  manv 
warm  friends,  for  he  was  a  lovable  man  and  the  parting  was  hard. 

After  leaving  here  he  emigrated  to  the  State  of  Iowa,  where 
he  engaged  in  teaching  in  connection  with  ministerial  work.  He 
died  in  that  state  in  1875,  leaving  a  wife,  now  deceased,  and  four 
children — three  sons  and  one  daugher.  The  oldest  son,  Paul,  is  a 
missionary  in  China.  One  son  is  a  physician  in  Chicago,  the  other 
a  professor  in  some  institution  in  Elgin,  111.  The  daughter  is 
married,  but  her  residence  is  unknown. 

Last,  but  not  least  in  my  esteem,  I  refer  to  Rev.  R.  H.  Holly- 
day,  who  labored  with  Rev.  Mr.  Stevenson  for  six  months  in  the 
interests  of  the  First  church  of  Bellefontaine,  and  being  with 
such  a  man  was  worth  as  much  to  him  as  six  months  training  in 
a  theological  school.  I  did  not  know  him  here  but  after  he  took 
charge  of  the  infant  church  at  West  Liberty  we  became  well 
acquainted.  He  labored  faithfully  there  in  the  cause  of  Christ  and 
in  the  interests  of  the  feeble  church,  the  services  being  held  in  an 
old  still  house.  In  our  3'oung  manhood  we  became  fast  friends, 
although  I  was  not  a  member  of  his  church.  I  stood  by  his  side 
when  he  was  married  to  his  life  companion,  at  the  house  of  Robert 
Patterson,  one  and  one-half  miles  south  of  town,  near  the  West 


l6o  PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY 

Liberty  pike.  This  was  in  1842.  Again  in  1892,  just  50  years 
afterward,  I  was  at  his  side  at  the  second  wedding — the  golden 
one — at  Findlay.  Strange  as  it  may  seem,  I  think  we  did  not  meet 
more  than  two  or  three  times  during  that  long  period.  He  did  not 
stay  long  at  West  Liberty  after  his  marriage,  but  removed  to  Find- 
lay,  and  entered,  as  I  understand,  upon  the  active  duties  of  his 
ministry  in  that  place  and  surrounding  country.  He  has  done 
much  in  these  years  for  the  moral  and  spiritual  welfare  of  that 
community,  and  many  souls  will  be  ready  to  rise  up  and  call  him 
bl,:;ssed.  And  after  we  have  crossed  the  river,  which  cannot 
be  very  distant,  ma}-  we  meet  and  renew  our  friendship  and  love 
in  the  peaceful  kingdom  of  our  God. 

CHIL.DREX    OF    THE     CHURCH,    MINISTERS 
AND    MISSIONARIES. 

Br   MRS.   S.  A.  BUCHANAN. 

Of  the  children  of  this  church  who  have  become  ministers  or 
missionaries,  we  find  that  there  are  seven  ministers  and  one  home* 
missionary.  Three  of  the  ministers  have  already  been  honored 
with  the  title  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  doubtless  others  will  be 
as  time  proves  their  merit.  It  is  worth}'  of  note  that  three 
of  the  seven  ministers  and  the  home  missionary  are  all  decendants 
of  the  Kev.  Joseph  Stevenson. 

The  ver\-  brief  time  in  which  this  paper  had  to  be  prepared 
prevented  the  collecting  of  data  that  would  make  an  interesting 
sketch  of  the  life  of  each  person  in  the  list;  such,  however,  as 
could  be  gathered  on  the  spur  of  the  moment  will  be  given.  It 
should  be  further  stated  that  the  brief  mention  made  of  some  is 
not  because  they  have  less  merit  than  the  others,  but  because  ful- 
ler information  was  not  available. 

The  ministers  approximately  in  their  chronological  order  are 
as  follows: — Rev.  John  McMillen  Stevenson,  D.  D.,  was  the  second 
son  of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Sarah  Marquis  Stevenson,  born  May  14th, 
181 2;  entered  Miami  University  in  September,  1832;  graduated 
from  Jefferson  College  in  1836;  was  a  student  at  Lane  Theological 
Seminar}',  and  licensed  by  Presbytery  of  Richland,  Ohio,  in  1840. 
His  first  pastorate  was  at  Troy,  Ohio.  He  is  now  Corresponding 
Secretary  of  American  Tract  Society. 

Joseph  Hover  Stevenson,  D.  D.,  eldest  son  of  Thomas   Mar 

*See  chapter  Ministers  and  Mi.ssionaries. 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  l6l 

quis  and  Judith  Hover  Stevenson,  graduated  from  Miami  Univer- 
sity in  1859;  was  licensed  by  Sidney  Presbytery  in  1863;  studied 
theolog}'  at  Allegheny  Seminary,  and  was  ordained  at  Browns- 
ville, Pennsylvania,  his  first  charge,  in  1864.  / 

Salmon  Coles  Faris,  D.  D.,  son  of  John  and  Ann  Morrison 
Paris,  graduated  at  Washington,  Pennsylvania;  entered  the  min- 
istry- about  1862,  at  Buchanan,  Virginia. 

Rev.  Robert  P.  Shaw  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Naomi 
Shaw.  His  first  charge  was  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania;  is 
now  located  at  Taconia,  Washington. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Grabiel,  after  preparatory  course  in  Ohio  Western 
University,  attended  Lane  Theological  Seminary;  is  now-  located 
at  West  Bay  City,  Michigan. 

Rev.  Virgil  h-  Grabiel  followed  the  same  course  of  education; 
is  now  in  Illinois. 

Rev.  Robert  Scott  Stevenson,  seventh  son  of  Joseph  and  Mar- 
garet Ann  Kerr  Stevenson,  graduated  from  Indiana  State  Univer- 
sity at  Bloomington,  Indiana;  was  a  theological  student  at  Prince- 
ton and  McCormick.  His  first  charge  was  at  Madison,  South  Da- 
kota, and  he  is  now  located  at  Carmi.  Illinois. 

Mrs.  Mattie  Susan  Fehl,  (best  known  among  us  as  Mattie 
Byers)  daughter  of  John  Wilson  and  Mary  Jane  Oatman  Byers; 
after  graduated  from  the  Bellefontaine  High  School  in  1878 
went  as  a  home  missionar}-  in  1887  to  Box  Elder,  Utah.  After 
three  years  of  faithful  and  efficient  service  in  this  field  she  was 
compelled  to  give  up  her  work  and  return  home  on  account  of  her 
mother's  serious  illness,  which  ended  in  death.  She  married  Mr. 
John  M.  Fehl  and  is  now  living  in  Carthage,  Missouri.  Her  field 
of  labor  as  missionary  was  under  the  charge  of  Rev.  Mr.  Gillespie., 
who  was  often  absent  from  his  pulpit  on  Sabbath.  Upon  the  earn- 
est request  of  many  of  the  congregation,  Mrs.  Fehl,  frequently,  in 
the  absence  of  the  pastor,  conducted  public  services  and  preached 
effective  sermons.  Her  services  in  this  way  w^ere  very  much  appre- 
ciated by  the  pastor,  and  when  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  General 
Assembly  he  spoke  in  favor  of  licensing  women  as  preachers  and 
said :  "A  lady  is  now  filling  my  pulpit  when  I  am  away  from  home 
and  she  draws  a  much  larger  attendance  than  I  can." 

To  some  it  ma}-  seem  that  seven  ministers  and  one  home  miss- 
ionary is  a  small  out-put  for  so  large  a  congregation.  If  any  apology 
be  needed  for  the  small  number  we  would  call  attention  to  the  very 


l62  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

large  quality.  This  brings  up  a  phase  of  church  work  that  is  of 
deepest  interest,  not  only  to  this  church,  but  to  all  christians,  that 
is  the  supply  and  demand  for  ministers  and  missionaries.  Truly 
it  may  be  said  that  the  harvest  is  great  but  the  laborers  are  few; 
the  laborers,  however,  of  which  there  is  such  great  lack,  are  of  the 
common,  every  day  kind,  who  are  willing  to  make  self  sacrifices 
and  perform  the  humble  duties  which  will  make  better  and  hap- 
pier the  homes  and  neighborhoods  in  which  they  live.  Of  such 
laborers  there  can  never  be  too  many  or  the  field  overcrowded,  and 
while  we  have  not  turned  out  many  ministers  and  but  one  mission- 
ar}',  we  have  great  pleasure  and  comfort  in  the  fact  that  we  have  a 
strong  church  of  useful  every  day  workers. 

THE     SUNDAY-SCHOOL. 

BY  JOHN  E.  WEST. 

The  children  of  the  church  is  the  euphoneous  subject  of  the 
Sunday-school,  and  more  especially  of  the  Sunday-school  of  the 
First  Presb3'terian  church  of  Bellefontaine,  Ohio. 

As  far  back  as  1826  a  Union  Sunday-school  was  organized  in 
the  then  village,  which  continued  its  existence  until  sometime  in 
the  thirties.  The  Presbyterian  Sunday-school  was  organized  un- 
der the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson,  and  the  superintend- 
ency  of  Robert  Patterson,  the  father  of  our  townsman,  Edward 
Patterson.  Robert  Patterson  was  succeeded  by  Joshua  Robb  and 
he  by  J.  D.  Campbell,  who  was  known  by  all  and  familiarly  called 
Jimmie  Campbell.  Campbell  was  succeeded  by  William  G.  Ken- 
nedy, whose  widow  still  survives  him. 

.  From  its  organization  until  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Mr.  Gregg, 
the  school  continued  without  interruption.  During  Mr,  Gregg's 
administration,  as  recalled  by  "Aunt"  Jane  McCormick,  the  Sun- 
day-school, as  such,  was  discontinued,  and  Mr.  Gregg  taught  a 
large  and  interesting  Bible  class  on  Wednesday  evenings.  Just  at 
what  time  the  meetings  of  the  school  on  Sunday  were  again  com- 
menced, I  have  not  been  able  to  learn  definitely,  but  most  prob- 
ably during  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Mr.  RafFensperger,  since  which 
time  it  has  continued  uninterruptedly. 

Those  who  have  been  charged  with  its  management  and  have 
served  as  its  superintendents  since  its  resurrection,  embrace,  if  not 
all,  nearly  all  of  the  following  named  persons: — Rev.  (x.  L.  Kalb, 


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who  was  superintendent  for  one  year  in  the  little  brick  church  on 
North  Main  street,  when  the  sessions  of  the  school  were  held  in 
the  afternoon;  Rev.  Joseph  Shaw,  who  went  to  his  rest  more  than 
a  quarter  of  a  century  ago;  E.  Durkee,  Dr.  A.  Fulton,  Judge  Ezra 
Bennett,  loved  by  all;  John  A.  Mcllvaine  and  the  saintly  William 
McColloch,  all  of  whom  have  since  been  called  to  their  reward; 
J.  Q.  A.  Campbell,  D.  J.  Miller,  Pogue  Stevenson,  R.  H.  St.  John, 
J.  D.  McLaughlin,  G.  M.  Stevenson,  S.  A.  Buchanan  and  John  E. 
West,  of  whom  those  who  are  residents  of  Bellefontaine  are  still 
actively  engaged  in  Sunday-school  work  either  as  officers,  teachers 
or  scholars. 

Did  time  and  opportunity  afford,  it  would  be  a  pleasure  to 
recall  the  names  and  memories  of  those  vvho  gave  of  their  time  and 
talents  in  the  other  departments  of  the  school  in  discharging  the 
duties  of  secretar}^  treasurer,  librarian,  chorister  and  organist,  and 
especially  of  those  godly  persons  who  devoted  the  best  years  of 
their  life  in  teaching  the  word  of  God.  May  I  not  mention  A. 
Galbreath,  John  M.  Riddle  as  treasurer;  Edward  Patterson  as 
librarian;  W.  A.  Ogden  and  Pogue  Stevenson  as  choristers,  and  some 
of  the  teachers  whom  I  associate  with  my  earliest  recollections: — 
Rev.  Joseph  Shaw,  David  Niven,  Dr.  Fulton,  Judge  Bennett,  Will- 
iam McColloch,  John  Mcllvaine,  as  w^ell  as  J.  O.  A.  Campbell  and 
J.  D.  McLaughlin,  Mrs.  Robert  McCracken,  Miss  Lou  McCracken, 
Miss  Jennie  Kerr,  Mrs.  Cunningham  Smith,  Mrs.  Margaret  Rid- 
dle and  Miss  Emma  Byers. 

Who  can  estimate  the  influences  that  these  persons,  as  well  as 
the  many  others  who  names  cannot  now  be  mentioned,  have  con- 
tributed toward  the  moulding  of  the  lives  and  characters  of  the 
members  of  this  church  and  community,  and  also  of  the  hundreds 
of  persons  who  have  gone  out  from  among  us  in  the  years  that 
have  gone? 

Within  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  Kalb  many  changes  have  taken 
place  in  Sunday-school  methods,  none  more  important  nor  more 
beneficial  than  the  introduction  of  the  uniform  lesson  system.  As 
late  as  1872  each  superintendent  or  teacher  made  such  selection  of 
a  lesson  as  he  or  she  pleased,  and  frequently  no  two  schools  or 
classe.'^  were  studying  the  same  Scripture;  there  were  not,  nor 
could  there  be  such  things  as  lesson  helps.  Since  1872  when  the 
first  international  lesson  committee  was  appointed  and  an  effort 
made  to  introduce  a  uniformit}-  of  lessons  throughout  all  the  Sun- 


164  prp:sbyterian  church  history. 

day-schools,  we  have  been  and  are  now  using  the  uniform  lesson 
system,  and  with  its  leaflets,  monthlies,  junior  and  senior  quarter- 
lies, Peubolet's  notes  and  church  papers;  these  not  only  bearing 
upon  the  same  Scripture,  but  especially  prepared  and  arranged  for 
primary,  intermediate  and  senior  departments  respectively. 

This  introduction  of  the  uniform  lesson  system  has  awakened 
new  interest  in  the  Sunday-school  work  and  justly  so.  Its  adoption 
by  almost  every  denomination,  has  called  forth  the  most  profoinid 
research,  the  greatest  investigations  and  the  most  approved  and 
acceptable  interpretation  of  the  text  by  the  best  thinkers  and 
writers  of  the  world.  The  acceptance  of  the  same  general  views 
regarding  the  doctrine  and  interpretations  to  be  given  the  lessons 
as  sanctioned  and  set  forth  by  the  authorities  of  the  various 
churches,  has  done  and  is  doing  more  to  accomplish  that  which 
has  been  the  desire  of  every  true  christian,  the  sweeping  away  of 
unnecessary  denominational  barriers,  the  unifying  of  the  Christian 
Army  and  its  concentration  against  the  common  enemy,  than  any 
other  agency  of  the  church.  The  love  of  light,  the  desire  to 
obtain  every  new  idea  upon  the  subject  under  investigation,  and 
the  eagerness  to  study  the  lesson  from  other  and  from  interdenomi- 
national stand-points,  has  vivified  the  press  of  two  hemispheres.  All 
the  investigations  that  modern  research  can  present,  all  explana- 
tions, illustrations  and  amplifications  that  the  literatures  can  sug- 
gest are  furnished  to  the  Sunday-schools  of  today  and  are  within 
the  reach  of  every  member  of  our  schools.  As  a  result  we  have 
better  prepared  teachers  and  a  larger  number  of  scholars  studying 
God's  word  than  ever  before.  A  school  of  two  hundred  and  fifty 
members,  including  nine  officers  and  twenty-six  teachers,  all 
studying  the  same  portion  of  the  Scripture,  in  connection  with  the 
other  schools  of  the  city  doing  the  same  thing,  is  a  power  for  good 
in  a  community  that  cannot  be  estimated. 

Does  it  pay?  Yes.  yes.  Have  our  labors  and  the  labors  of  all 
those  who  have  gone  before  been  in  vain?  No,  no.  Look  about 
us.  Let  us  ask  ourselves  the  question,  how  many  of  those  who  are 
numbered  among  the  members  of  this  congregation  would  have 
l)een  brought  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  the  Lord,  Jesus  Christ,  if 
it  had  not  been  for  the  early  training  received  by  them  in  the  Sun- 
day-school of  this  or  of  some  other  church? 

Have  you  forgotten — can  we  ever  forget,  the  scenes  of  Easter 
Sunday  in  1897,  and  that  of  last  winter  when  here  about  this  altar 


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he  who  had  so  lovingly  and  tenderly  watched  over  and  prayed 
over  your  children  and  my  children  as  he  had  over  you  a'-d  over 
me  in  years  before,  received  into  this  fold  and  into  full  commun- 
ion the  little  ones,  the  lambs  of  the  flock,  the  children  of  the 
church. 

In  the  thirty-five  3'ears  of  his  pastorate,  of  the  most  of  which 
I  can  bear  witness,  he  whose  anniversary  we  celebrate  toda}^,  per- 
sonally watched  the  growth  and  development  of  the  Sunday- 
school,  ever  on  the  alert  to  correct  any  false  doctrine,  attending 
its  sessions  with  a  regularity  that  was  incerrupted  only  by  sickness 
or  absence  from  home;  substituting  both  for  superintendent  and 
chorister,  as  necessity  required,  never  carried  away  by  any  new 
fad,  alM'a3's  encouraging  and  supporting  that  which  would  contrib- 
ute to  the  upbuilding  of  the  school,  and  never  interfering  with  or 
usurping  the  functions  of  the  various  officers  of  the  school.  In  a 
word  throughout  his  entire  pastorate,  Dr.  Kalb  has  always  and  at 
all  times  been  the  pastor  of  the  school. 

OUR    TEMPLES    OF    WORSHIP, 

BY  E.  J.  HOTVENSTINE. 

The  first  structure  or  building  erected  and  dedicated  ex- 
clusively to  the  worship  of  God,  was  the  great  Temple  of  Solomon 
at  Jerusalem.  From  that  ancient  and  historic  day,  all  peoples, 
whether  believers  in  a  living,  omnipotent  God,  christian  or  pagan, 
have  followed  the  example  of  Solomon  and  have  had  and  kept 
their  temples  for  worship.  Athens  had  her  temple  to  the  goddess 
Minerva;  Ephesus  to  Diana  and  Rome  to  Jupiter.  Later  in  his- 
tory, Rome  had  her  St.  Peters;  London  her  Westminster;  New 
York  her  Trinity  and  Plymouth  church.  Not  so  costly  or  impos- 
ing, but  far  more  dear,  have  been  the  temples  of  worship  of  the 
pioneer  christians  of  the  western  world. 

In  the  year  A.  D.,  1825,  what  is  now  the  First  Presbyterian 
church  of  Bellefontaine  was  organized.  Following  the  example  of 
the  great  and  wise  Solomon  and  yielding  to  that  impulse  of  the 
christian  heart,  which  was  created  by  the  injunction  implied  in 
the  promise  that  "where  two  or  three  are  assembled  together 
in  my  name,  there  shall  I  be  with  them,"  on  the  20th  of  May, 
1827,  that  revered  father  of  this  church.  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson, 
purchased  lot  No.  150  in  Bellefontaine,  on  which,  through  his 
efforts,  the  First  Presbyterian  church  building  of  Bellefontaine 


l66  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

was  erected  in  the  year  182S.  In  1823  the  county  government 
completed  a  frame  building  standing  on  lot  No.  142  on  INIain 
street,  where  H.  M.  Annat's  store  now  is,  for  the  purpose  of  a  court 
house.  The  use  of  that  court  house  for  worship  was  had  by  our 
church  from  1825  until  the  building  referred  to  was  completed  in 
the  winter  of  1828-29.  That  building  was  occupied  as  our  temple  of 
worship  from  1829  till  March  11,  1841,  when  it  was  transferred  to 
what  was  organized  in  Bellefontaine  as  the  Second  Presbyterian 
church. 

From  184 1  to  1845,  worship  in  our  church  was  held  for  part  of 
the  time  in  what  was  called  McLaughlin's  school  house,  a  brick 
building  yet  standing  at  the  northeast  corner  of  Sandusky  avenue 
and  Elm  street,  and  for  the  remainder  of  the  time  in  what  was 
then  the  new  brick  court  house. 

On  the  first  day  of  February,  1845,  the  trustees  of  our  church 
acquired  title  to  lot  No.  120,  in  Bellefontaine,  and  in  that  year 
'erected  thereon  the  building  on  North  Main  street,  now  occupied 
by  the  Reformed  Presbyterians.  That  building  was  used  as  our 
temple  of  worship  from  1845  till  May  14,  1870.  Preparations  for 
the  erection  of  our  present  temple  of  worship  were  begun  in  1867 
by  the  purchase  of  the  ground,  but  the  building  was  not  completed 
and  dedicated  until  January  11,  1874.  During  the  interval  be- 
tween May,  1870,  and  January  ii,  1874,  services  were  had  for  part 
of  the  time  in  what  was  then  called  Opera  Hall,  it  being  the  place 
now  occupied  by  the  Masonic  Fraternity,  and  the  remainder, 
Ijeginning  in  1871,  the  services  were  held  in  the  basement  of  our 
present  church  building  until  the  date  of  dedication. 

This  temple  of  worship  was  dedicated  on  Sabbath  da\-,  the  nth 
of  January,  1874,  and  has  been  in  use  for  a  period  of  twenty-five 
3"ears.  Its  walls  are  festooned  with  hallowed  memories.  Here  lovers 
have  met  and  their  souls  were  bound  as  one.  Here  our  little  ones 
have  been  christened  and  dedicated  to  God.  Here  we  have  parted 
with  and  buried  our  dead. 

When  this  temple  of  worship  was  dedicated  it  was  the  largest 
church  building  in  Bellefontaine;  was  up-to-date  in  all  its  appoint- 
ments, and  was  considered  a  grand  and  imposing  structure;  but 
the  laws  of  evolution  apply  to  church  buildings  as  well  as  to  all 
things  else.  Tastes  in  architecture  have  changed.  Ideas  as  to 
comfort  and  convenience  have  advanced  and  improved.  The  popu- 
lation of  our  citv  has  more  than  doubled  and  the  list  of  our  mem- 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  167 

bership,  as  well  as  the  attendance  at  Sabbath-school,  has  increased 
in  equal  proportion,  so  that  now  our  temple  of  worship  is  not  up-to- 
date;  is  not  eqtial  to  modern  built  houses  in  convenience  and  com- 
fort, and  is  inadequate  in  size  to  accommodate  either  the  Sabbath- 
school  or  the  congregation  at  worship. 

WORK    AXD    INFLUENCE    OF    THE     CHURCH 
IN    THE    COMMUNITY. 

BY   REV.   CJ.  IV^.  HAMILTON,   D.   D. 

Brethren,  christian  friends,  I  am  here  to  convey  the  greeting 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  church  on  this  most  interesting  occa- 
sion. Many  of  the  people  of  this  congregation  were  of  the  Asso- 
ciate Reformed  church,  that  originally  constituted  my  congregation. 

At  the  time  of  our  union  in  1858,  the  Associate  element  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  church,  true  to  their  nature,  seized  the 
church  property  and  this  congregation  in  accord  with  their  genius 
grasped  the  larger  share  of  the  membership,  and  thus  strengthened 
the  foundation  for  what  has  proved  the  strongest  and  most  influ- 
ential religious  and  social  organization  Bellefontaine  has  ever 
known. 

I  am  quite  certain  of  the  truth  in  saying  that  what  our  city  is 
and  has  been  for  culture,  refinement  and  progress  must,  in  a  large 
measure,  be  credited  to  the  people  of  this  Presbyterian  church, 
who,  by  their  education,  opportunities  of  travel,  and  wealth,  have 
constituted  the  ver}^  center  of  that  bracing  social  circle  that  has 
made  that  phase  of  life  in  this  place  so  charming  to  those  who  live 
here,  and  a  model  for  imitation  to  the  many  favored  and  delighted 
sojourners. 

The  future  of  most  things  is  uncertain.  Whether  in  years  to 
come  this  city  will  be  able  to  roll  back  any  and  every  evil  tide 
that  threatens  our  social  good  name,  depends  very  much  on  this 
people.  Upon  them,  more  than  others,  will  rest  the  responsibility 
of  bravely  facing  the  advance  of  any  foe  to  our  domestic  life  and 
social  joys.  We  are  not  in  doubt  either  of  you  or  of  the  final 
results. 

You  will  lead  and  the  other  congregations  will  bravely  co-op- 
erate in  this  field  of  christian  work.  May  God  givcyou  grace  and 
wisdom  to  show  us  all  the  way  into  this  higher,  better  and  hap- 
pier social  life  and  influence  so  necessary  and  beneficial  to  man- 
kind, and  so  well  pleasing  to  our  common  I^ord. 


l68  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

SINGERS    IN    ISRAEL. 

BY   GILBERT  M.    STEYENSOX. 

I  take  it  the  "Singers  in  Israel"  are  the  leaders  of  the  church 
music,  for  there  were  many  sweet  singers  in  the  congregation  who 
(lid  not  act  as  leaders,  except  when  called  upon  by  the  chorister  to 
assist  when  the  regular  ones  were  absent,  and  others  who  never  took 
part  in  the  leading.  So  many  of  these  there  were  that  no  attempt 
will  be  made  to  name  all,  and  if  some  are  named  who  helped  but 
little  and  others  not  named  who  helped  more,  it  is  with  no  inten- 
tion of  slight  for  in  the  short  time  allotted  the  memor}-  will  not  pres- 
ent every  name. 

The  first  leaders  of  which  w^e  have  been  able  to  learn  were 
Josiah  Moore  and  James  E.  Stevenson,  who  lead  the  singing  in  the 
square  brick  church  which  stood  on  the  rear  end  of  the  lot  where 
the  present  A.  M.  E.  church  stands. 

They  stood  up  just  in  front  of  the  pulpit,  facing  the  congrega- 
tion. One  would  read  two  lines  of  the  hymn  to  be  sung,  when 
the  other  would  "raise  the  tune."  At  the  close  of  the  two  lines  he 
would  read,  or  "line  out"  the  next  two,  and  the  one  who  first 
read  would  lead  in  the  singing,  and  thus  they  would  change 
throughout  the  hymn. 

The  next  w^ere  four  singers  instead  of  two,  who  occupied  the 
same  position  as  the  ones  named,  and  were  James  D.  Campbell, 
Charles  Porter,  Joseph  Stevenson  and  James  Kerr. 

The  tunes  must  be  learned  from  the  note  books  at  singing 
schools  and  memoiized,  so  as  to  be  sung  in  church  without  the 
use  of  notes,  Charles  Porter  was  the  teacher  of  these  singing 
schools,  and  the  notes  used  were  what  we  call  the  four  notes,  or  Fa, 
vSol,  La,  Mi. 

When  the  congregation  got  into  their  next  church,  which  is 
now  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church  on  North  Main  street, 
several  singers,  including  both  sexes,  sat  together  near  the  center 
of  the  church,  and  thus  lead  in  the  singing.  They  were  Joseph 
vStevenson,  leader;  James  E.  Stevenson,  Robert  Henderson,  Marga- 
ret Ann  Kerr  Stevenson,  and  Mar}'  Marquis. 

They  tiow  began  to  use  their  note  books  in  church.  Later 
the  choir  was  given  the  six  rear  seats  in  the  church,  between  the 
doors,  which  were  raised  higher  than  the  others;  two  seats  were 
for  soprano,  two  for  bass,  one  for  alto  and  one  for  tenor.  Racks 
were  then  placed  on  the  backs  of  the  seats  in  front  of  the  singers 
to  hold  the  note  books. 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  169 

Choir  meetings  were  held  each  week  (except  during  harvest) 
to  which  an}'  or  all  members  of  the  congregation  were  w^elcomed. 
When  the  roads  were  good  these  meetings  were  often  held  in  the 
country;  conveyances  used,  farm  wagons  or  bob-sleds.  When  the 
roads  were  bad  the  chorister  often  brought  the  singers  together  in 
his  carriage,  and  after  rehearsal  took  them  to  their  homes  again. 

Anthems  were  sometimes  sung  as  opening  pieces  for  the  ser- 
vice, and  any  new  tune  must  be  thus  used  a  few  times  to  let  the 
congregation  learn  it,  somewhat,  before  singing  it  to  a  h3'mn  in 
worship. 

.  It  was  not  until  1874  when  the  Presbyterian  Hymnal  was 
introduced,  that  the  notes  were  set  to  the  hymns  throughout  the 
book.  When  round  notes  were  introduced,  the  task  of  teaching 
the  singers  to  read  music  thus  written,  instead  of  each  note  having 
a  different  shape,  was  undertaken  by  the  pastor,  Rev.  George 
Gregg.  The  meetings  also  were  often  held  at  private  houses,  and 
when  they  met  at  the  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson  home,  north  of  town, 
in  the  large  room  built  to  accommodate  neighborhood  prayer 
meetings,  as  many  as  seventy  persons  have  been  counted  in  the 
class. 

It  was  in  the  second  church  building,  while  the  choir  occupied 
these  raised  seats,  that  the  first  instrument  was  introduced.  It 
was  a  bass  viol  and  played  by  Mr.  Frank  Creswell.  The  next 
was  a  cabinet  organ,  used  in  Sunday-school,  which  soon  found 
its  way  into  the  church  service  and  was  superseded  by  a  better 
one,  and  it,  in  turn,  by  our  present  pipe  organ. 

As  to  the  choir,  some  would  sing  for  a  time  then  move  awa}', 
or  quit  for  some  cause,  and  others  take  their  places.  As  ^we  have 
been  unable  to  get  dates,  we  can  only  mention  as  many  of  the 
names  as  come  to  our  knowledge,  as  at  some  time  having  belonged 
to  the*choir;  neither  can  we  give  them  in  chronological  order,  but 
after  the  ones  that  have  been  named,  there  were  Mr.  Philo  Dorwin, 
Frank  Creswell,  Ebenezer  Nelson,  Morrison  Kerr,  William  D. 
Faris,  William  Mackey,  Mary  Patterson,  Joan  Smith,  Lottie 
Swan-Lake,  Levina  Nelson  Anderson-,  Nancj-  Nelson-Kerr,  John 
K.  Kerr,  Hattie  Gregg-Ake\',  Mollie  Durkee-Reynolds,  Margaret 
Byers-Jackson,  Charlotte  Knox,  Mary  Stanton-Allison,  Peggie 
Huber-Apple,  Carrie  McClure-Price,  Kate  Huber-Beal,  Lucinda 
Stevenson-Silver,  Mrs.  George  P.  Bergen,  Marion  M.  Stevenson, 
John  Milton  Stevenson,  William  McLaughlin,  Charles  McLaugh- 


lyO  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

liii,  G.  P.  Stevenson,  J,  K.  Stevenson,  R,  S.  Kerr,  Mar}-  Niven- 
Kerr,  G,  M.  Stevenson,  Martha  Martin-Stevenson,  Jas.  V.  Steven- 
son, Alice  Stover,  INIollie  Bergen-Coldren,  W,  A.  Ogden,  Mrs. 
Hattie  Wilkinson,  Lowrie  Faris,  J.  Ed.  Stevenson,  J.  Q.  A.  Camp- 
bell, Lizzie  Emerson,  Sadie  Parker-Lawrence,  John  Fichthorn, 
Sallie  Kennedy-Goodwin,  Mrs.  Maggie  Riddle,  Sallie  Emery-Pat- 
terson, Ella  Kerr-Martin,  Mame  Kerr-Emery,  Mame  Patterson- 
Cartmell,  Mrs.  Laura  Wallace,  Effie  McLaughlin-HofFner,  George 
W.  Emerson,  J.  D.  McLaughlin,  Isaac  Xeer,  Ida  St.  John,  Thomas 
O.  Taylor,  Dr.  P..  W.  Chalfant,  Mack  Dickinson,  Frank  Kerr, 
John  Brand,  Frank  Kennedy,  Beatty  Bunker,  Laura  Nichols-Em- 
erson, Helen  Noble,  Harry  S.  Kerr,  Jennie  P)mery,  Jennie  Howen- 
stine-Cushman,  Mrs.  Thornhill.  As  teachers,  I  might  mention 
Charles  Porter,  Rev.  George  Gregg  and  W.  A.  Ogden. 

Choristers: — Joseph  Stevenson,  John  Fichthorn  and  R.  W. 
Chalfant. 

Organists: — Belle  Dorwin,  Mary  Pollock,  Belle  Knox,  Mag- 
gie Kalb-Fowl,  Miss  Tuttle,  Louie  Kalb-Hamilton,  Emma  Shaw, 
Katie  Kernan-W^hitworth,  Hattie  Wright-Brand,  jNIiss  Jordan, 
Mrs.  Sakie  Walker,  Mrs.  Mamie  Brandon,  Mattie  Loof borough, 
Emma  FuUer-Howenstine,  Arthur  Ridgeway  and  Dana  Dewey 
Coulter. 

Special  mention  might  be  made  of  man}-  of  these  singers,  but 
time  will  permit  but  a  word  or  two  and  that  of  but  a  few  of  them. 
Philo  Dorwin  was  an  educated  musician,  sometimes  called  the 
lawyer  of  the  choir,  to  whom  the  hard  questions  were  referred; 
I  would  mention  for  clear,  strong,  powerful  voices,  Lottie  Swan- 
Lake  and  Mollie  Durkee-Reynolds;  expert  readers  of  music,  Mrs. 
G.  P.  Bergen,  Mrs.  Wilkinson;  for  sweet  musical  voices,  Levina 
Nelson  and  Frank  Kenned}'.  May  I  be  pardoned  for  mentioning 
the  name  of  Margaret  Ann  Kerr-Stevenson,  who  was  a  member  of 
the  first  choir,  and  one  to  be  depended  on  for  many  years,  and 
whose  voice  today,  in  her  79th  year,  is,  to  me  at  least,  sweeter  than 
any  bird  that  carols  from  the  trees.  For  voices  cultivated  to  a 
high  standard  of  excellence,  I  would  mention  Mrs.  Jennie  Howen- 
stine-Cushman,  Mrs.  Laura  Nichols-Emenson,  Mrs,  Belle  Thornhill, 
and  Mr.  Harry  Kerr. 

Much  might  also  be  said  of  the  music  which,  from  the  choir 
of  two  men,  has  advanced  step  by  step  to  the  present,  which, 
under  the  very  efficient  leadership  of  Dr.  Chalfant,  has  been  raised 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  171 

to  such  a  standard  that  but  few  cit}?^  churches  have  better  singing, 
or  use  a  higher  grade  of  music,  than  is  enjoyed  by  this  church. 
The  hymns  too,  have  been  somewhat  changed,  but  to  the  older 
ones  now  living,  the  following  lines  by  Frank  L.  Stanton,  seem 
very  appropriate: 

THE     OLD     HYMNS. 

There's  lots  o'  music  in  'em — the  hymns  of  long  ago, 

And  when  some  grey-haired  brother  sings  the  ones  I  used  to  know 

I  sorter  want  to  take  a  hand  !— I  think  o'  days  gone  by: 

"On  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand  and  cast  a  wishful  eye  !" 

There's  lots  o'  music  in  'em — those  dear,  sweet  hymns  of  old — 

With  visions  bright  of  lands  of  light,  and  shining  streets  of  gold; 

And  I  hear  'em  ringing — singing,  where  mem'ry,  dreaming,  stands, 

"From  Greenland's  icy  mountains  to  India's  coral  strands." 

They  seem  to  sing  forever,  "of  holier,  sweeter  days, 

When  the  lilies  of  the  love  of  God  bloomed  white  in  all  the  ways; 

And  I  want  to  hear  their  music  from  the  old-time  meetin's  rise 

'Till  "I  can  read  my  title  clear  to  mansions  in  the  skies." 

We  never  needed  singing  books  in  them  old  days — we  knew 

The  words — the  tunes  of  ever}'  one  the  dear  old  hymn  book  through. 

We  didn't  have  no  trumpets  then — no  organs  built  for  show: 

We  only  sang  to  praise  the  I^ord  "from  whom  all  blessings  flow." 

An'  so  I  love  the  old  hymns,  and  when  my  time  shall  come — 

Before  the  light  has  left  me,  and  my  .singing  lips  are  dumb. 

It  I  can  only  hear  'em  then,  I'll  pass  without  a  sigh 

"To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land,  where  mj'  possessions  lie  !" 

»     & 

OUR    PASTOR,    HIS    W^ORK   AND    HIS    INFLUENCE 

BY   JUDGE    WILLIAM    H.    ^VEST. 

The  theme  assigned  to  me,  Mr.  Moderator,  is  too  great  to  be 
more  than  epitomized  within  the  space  or  ten  times  the  space 
allotted,  and  even  that  but  indifferently,  I  fear,  from  want  of 
familiarity  with  the  varied  work  and  multiplied  duties  of  a  pastor 
in  charge.  As  only  a  soldier  can  fittingly  portray  the  heroism 
and  achievements  of  his  comrade  in  the  field,  so  a  preacher,  I  have 
supposed,  is  best  qualified  to  sketch  the  life  work  and  moral  hero- 
ism of  a  co-laborer  in  a  kindred  field.  Happily  the  ground  has 
been  reaped  over  by  the  reverend  gentleman,  who  preceded,  leav- 
ing only  the  gleanings  for  me,  unless  peradventure,  a  sheaf  or  two 
may  be  purloined  from  his  rick. 

Long  ago  it  was  said,  "blessed  are  they  that  diligently  serve 
the  Lord — When  they  rest  from  their  labors  their  works  do  follow 
them."  For  five  and  thirty  3-ears,  a  time  longer  than  the  life  of  a  gen- 


172  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

eratioii,  nearly  half  the  life  of  this  church  organization.  Dr.  Kalb, 
in  sunshine  and  storm,  has  borne  the  Ark  of  Covenant  before 
this  congregation,  and  now  when  his  pilgrimage  is  nearing  its  end, 
he  is  read}'  and  able  to  hand  it  over,  all  lustrous  and  untarnished, 
to  whom  ever  ma}-  come  after.  The  magnitude,  character,  diver- 
sity and  fruit  of  this  life  work  in  the  prayer-meeting,  the  Sabbath- 
school,  the  Bible  class  and  the  pulpit,  in  the  Presbytery,  the 
Synod  and  the  Assembly,  in  upbuilding  and  sustaining  the  educa- 
tional institutions  and  missions  of  the  church,  and  especially  in 
ministering  to  the  sick,  comforting  the  sorrowing  and  burying  the 
dead  of  his  people,  only  the  recording  angel  can  fully  compre- 
hend and  adequately  sketch.  Besides  his  many  miscellaneous 
addresses,  religious  and  secular,  educational,  anniversary,  memor- 
ial and  others,  he  has,  in  these  five  and  thirty  years,  delivered 
from  this  pulpit  nearly  as  many  hundred  discourses,  not  windy 
harangues,  not  roaring  declamations,  for  the  Doctor  never  boasted 
of  being  a  vox  praeterea  nihil  orator,  voice  and  nothing  more,  but 
discourses  enriched  with  the  thought  of  a  student,  embellished 
with  the  learning  of  the  scholar  and  laden  with  the  weighty  truths 
of  gospel  inspiration;  discourses  furnishing  food  for  babies  when 
needful,  strong  meat  for  veteran  sinners  when  required,  but 
always  something  fresh,  sometliing  substantial  which  the  mind 
could  lay  hold  of,  feed  upon,  ponder  over  and  profit  by  if  capable 
of  appreciating  and  profiting  by  intellectual  and  moral  excellence. 
As  fruit  thereof,  this  church,  from  a  little  germ  warmed  into  life 
by  the  prayers  of  the  grand  old  pioneer,  the  venerable  "Father" 
Stevenson  and  his  associates,  watered  by  the  sterling  common 
sense  of  the  lamented  Gregg,  nurtured  by  the  genius  of  the  gifted 
Raffensperger,  and  sustained  by  the  zealous  piety  and  christian 
devotion  of  Bergen,  under  the  fostering  care  of  Dr.  Kalb,  has 
attained  its  present  growth,  a  sturdy  cedar  of  Lebanon  under 
whose  branches  a  multitude  find  shelter  and  repose. 

Amid  the  multiplied  cares  and  herculean  labors  in  which  his 
ministerial  office  engrossed  him,  Dr.  Kalb  never  forgot  that  he 
was  a  citizen  as  well  as  a  preacher,  and  never  shrank  from  any 
duty  his  citizenship  cast  upon  him.  In  every  benevolent  enter- 
prise, in  every  movement  set  on  foot  to  ameliorate  the  sorrow  and 
secure  the  happiness  of  homes,  conserve  social  order,  advance  pub- 
lic morality,  promote  the  general  welfare  and  lift  humanity  to  a 
higher  and  nobler  plain,  his  services,  never  offensively  obtrusive 
were   ever   laudibly  conspicuous   and   useful.      Especially  is   this 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY. 


true  of  his  labors  in  the  educational  field.  For  eighteen  years  he 
was  a  member,  and  I  believe,  the  secretar}-  of  our  city  School 
Board,  and  for  thirty-three  years  school  examiner  thereof,  for 
which  positions  his  bo5-hood  education  in  the  common  school,  his 
profound  and  deversified  classical  learning,  and  his  practical  judg- 
ment of  men,  measures  and  character  preeminently  fitted  him. 
To  his  scrupulous  and  efficient  discharge  of  these  official  duties 
and  his  vigilant  care  of  their  interests,  our  public  schools  are 
indebted  in  a  large  measure  for  the  high  character  of  their  instruct- 
ors, the  high  order  of  their  instruction,  and  the  great  excellence 
they  have  attained,  making  them  the  pride  and  glory  of  the  city 
and  community  on  which  their  light  is  shed.  In  the  local  Chau- 
tauqua, university  extension,  and  literary  clubs,  instituted  for  the 
diffusion  of  useful  knowledge  and  the  cultivation  of  a  taste  for 
learning,  his  services  have  been  scarcely  less  unremitting  and  val- 
uable than  in  the  public  schools.  With  others  he  was  pioneer 
in  founding  the  first  literar}-  club  in  the  city,  giving  to  it 
the  encouragement  of  his  personal  and  interested  attendance, 
the  influence  of  which  has  brought  into  existence  kindred  clubs, 
whereby  is  stimulated  among  our  young  people  the  stud}^  of  his- 
tor}-,  sacred  and  secular,  classical  and  dramatic  literature,  the  arts, 
architecture,  biograph}-,  archeolog}-,  ethnology  and  all  the  other 
ologies  in  the  catalogue,  correspondingly  augmenting  culture, 
refining  taste  and  enlarging  the  field  of  intelligence  in  marked 
contrast  with  what  they  were  before  the  advent  of  these  intellect- 
ual stimulants. 

The  social  qualities  of  Dr.  Kalb  have  endeared  him  to  his  peo- 
ple no  less  than  his  pastoral  and  public  services.  He  was  never 
one  of  those  who  regarded  morose  austerity  as  the  only  godliness 
and  religion  as  consisting  of  a  white  necktie  and  somber  melon- 
choly.  Naturally  youthful,  exuberant  and  companionable,  he  enter- 
ed with  zest  into  all  the  better  kinds  of  social  entertainments  and 
amusements  of  the  young  and  old  whereat  his  genial  humor,  spark- 
ling repartee,  apt  anecdotes,  droll  stories  and  entertaining  conversa- 
tion, of  which  his  cyclopedic  store  of  knowledge  rendered  him  cap- 
able, charmed,  delighted,  or  convulsed,  making  him  the  life  of  the 
occasion,  sometimes  the  env}^  of  his  companions,  for  which,  how- 
ever, he  was  without  blame,  for  he  could  not  help  being  what  he 
was  and  is. 

Such  is  an  attenuated  epitomy  of  the  work  and  services  of 
Dr.  Kalb  as  pastor,  preacher,  instructor,  citizen,  companion  and 


174  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

christian  gentleman.  The  influence  of  this  his  life  work,  of  his  gospel 
teaching,  his  moral  instructions  and  example,  his  nobility  of  char- 
acter has  impressed  itself  on  the  children  whom  he  has  baptized, 
on  the  young  whom  he  has  instructed,  on  the  adult  whom  he  has 
counseled,  on  the  aged  whom  he  has  comforted,  on  the  congrega- 
tion before  which  he  has  walked,  on  the  community  in  which 
he  has  dwelt,  and  is  the  better  for  his  dwelling  therein,  in  lines 
more  enduring  than  monumental  bronze  or  sculptured  marble. 
When  he  rests  from  his  labors  his  work  will  follow  him. 

But  the  inexorable  flight  of  time  has  brought  us  to  this  parting. 
Judging  the  feelings  of  all  by  my  own  this  separation  is  like  the 
breaking  of  home  ties;  like  severing  the  cords  of  filial  and  parental 
affection.  When  a  week  ago  it  was  suggested  the  time  had  arrived 
for  drinking  this  bitter  cup,  the  response  was  with  one  accord,  not 
yet,  at  least  not  for  a  little  while.  As  when  the  shadows  of  twi- 
light were  closing  about  the  imprisoned  Socrates  in  the  evening  of 
the  day  on  which  he  was  condemned  to  drink  the  fatal  hemlock  at 
sundown,  turning  to  Crito,  his  devoted  friend  and  attendant,  he 
said:  "Crito,  has  the  time  arrived  to  quaff  the  cup?"  "Not 
yet,"  w^as  the  sorrowing  response,  "not  yet  Socrates,  the 
sun  still  lingers  upon  and  lights  the  mountain  top."  So  we, 
to  the  announcement  that  the  time  had  arrived  for  this  parting 
with  one  voice  said,  not  yet;  not  while  the  brightness  of  Dr.  Kalb's 
vigorous  intellect  still  lingers  to  light  the  frail  tenement  encasing 
it.  But  the  die  is  cast.  The  Omniscient  One  and  Dr.  Kalb  best 
know  the  progress  of  his  physical  infirmities.  As  it  must  be,  it  is 
v^-ell  that  it  be  done  fittingly.  And  fitting  it  is  that  this  leave  tak- 
ing occur  on  the  five  and  thirtieth  anniversary  of  his  pastorate 
with  us  and  the  fifth  semi-centennial  of  the  promulgation  of  the 
Westminster  standards.  In  behalf  then  of  the  children  he  has 
baptized,  the  young  whom  he  has  instructed,  the  adults  whom  he 
has  counseled,  the  aged  whom  he  has  comforted  and  the  congrega- 
tion which  he  has  led  so  many  years,  permit  me,  in  parting,  to 
say,  friend,  philosopher  and  sage,  counselor  and  guide,  hail  and 
farewell,  thy  works  do  follow  thee. 

OUR    PASTORS    WIFE. 

BY    MRS.    J.     M.    KIDDLE. 

This  occasion  would  not  be  complete  without  some  acknow-' 
ledgment  of  the  service  and  influence  of  her,  who,  during  all  the 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  1 75 

years  of  this  long  pastorate,  has  earnestly  prayed,  and  labored  for 
the  welfare  of  our  church,  and  we  are  happy  to  speak  a  few  words 
in  kindly  remembrance  and  loving  appreciation  of  the  gentle 
"Mistress  of  the  Manse." 

It  is  a  fact  of  church  history  that  the  success  of  a  pastorate 
depends  largely  upon  the  prudence  and  christian  spirit  of  the  pas- 
tor's wife,  and  we  can  hardly  realize  how  much  of  the  peace  and 
prosperity  w^e  have  enjoyed,  has  been  due  to  the  sweet  tempered, 
self-denying  woman,  who  not  only  made  her  husband's  interests 
her  own,  but  whose  deep  solicitude  for  the  prosperity  of  the 
church  and  the  salvation  of  souls  impelled  her  to  work  beyond  her 
strength,  resulting  in  weeks  of  weary  illness,  and  her  absence 
today  from  this  most  interesting  anniversary.  We  do  not  under- 
estimate her  influence,  because  her  life  has  been,  in  a  measure, 
secluded,  and  her  work  done  so  noiselessl5%  remembering  that 
silent  forces  have  greatest  power,  and  as  the  quiet  hours  of  every 
life  have  been  hours  of  richest  blessing,  so  the  quiet  life — "the  life 
that  seeketh  not  its  own,"  is  most  helpful  to  others. 

Her  influence  has  not  been  merely  passive,  for  although 
always  in  delicate  health,  and  with  many  home  cares  her  seat  is 
ver}'  rarely  vacant  at  the  Sabbath  service,  the  prayer  meeting  and 
the  missionary  society,  and  her  promptness  in  visiting  the  stranger, 
the  sick  and  the  sorrowing  is  a  rebuke  to  the  lovers  of  ease 
and  pleasure.  In  faithfully  and  willingly  doing  '  'what  she  could , ' ' 
and  especially  in  the  "keeping  of  the  tongue  from  evil  and  the 
lips  from  speaking  guile,"  she  has  been  an  example  worthy 
our  imitation.  If  the  saying  of  Ruskin — "No  man  ever  lived  a 
right  life  who  had  not  been  chastened  by  a  woman's  love, 
strengthened  by  her  courage  and  guided  by  her  discretion" — be 
true,  then  we  may  believe  that  without  our  pastor's  wife  we  would 
scarcel}^  be  celebrating  this  thirty-fifth  anniversary,  so  we  joyfully 
accord  to  Mrs.  Kalb  a  large  share  in  the  honors  bestowed  and  the 
love  expressed  here  today. 

EXTRACTS   FROM   I^ETTER  OF  REV,  R.  H.  HOUYDAY,  OF  FINDI^AY, 

OHIO,  DATED   SEPTEMBER    23rd,   1898,  CONCERNING 

THE   THIRTY-FIFTH   ANNIVERSARY   OF 

DR.   KAI^B'S   PASTORATE. 

I  have  long  remembered  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of 
Bellefontaine  as  the  field  where  I  commenced  my  ministerial  life, 


176  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

and  have  always  res<arded  my  coming  as  in  the  guidinj:^  providence 
of  God.  While  yet  only  a  student,  I  met  the  Rev.  Joseph  Steven- 
son at  a  mseting  of  the  Ohio  Anti-slavery  Society  at  ^Nlassillon,  O., 
during  the  early  summer  of  1S40.  He  informed  me  that  he  desir- 
ed to  secure  the  labors  of  a  young  man  to  aid  him  in  his  work  in 
Bellefontaine,  and  also  to  occupy  the  church  at  Stoney  Creek,  it 
was  then  called,  now  Spring  Hill,  in  connection  with  a  regular 
appointment  in  West  Libert}-  where  there  was  no  organized  church. 
I  was  regularly  licensed  by  the  Presbyter}-  of  Chillicothe  in  Sep- 
tember of  that  year.  I  spent  a  few  weeks  in  missionary  work  in 
the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery.  After  the  close  of  the  meeting  of 
Synod  of  Cincinnati,  at  Dayton  in  October,  I  came,  at  Mr.  Steven- 
•son's  invitation,  with  him  to  Bellefontaine  and  to  his  home.  This 
was  my  introduction  to  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Bellefon- 
taine, and  the  following  six  months  I  preached  each  alternate  Sab- 
bath for  the  First  church,  and  the  other  Sabbath  I  spent  at  West 
Liberty  and  Spring  Hill,  dividing  the  day  between  the  two  places. 
During  the  winter  of  1840-41  the  old  difficulties,  which  in  previous 
years  led  to  the  organization  of  a  Second  Presbyterian  church, 
were  revived  by  a  suit  being  ent'ered  by  the  authorities  of  the  Sec- 
ond church  with  a  view  to  secure  a  claimed  interest  in  the  church 
property  held  and  used  by  the  First  church.  This  resulted  in  an 
action  of  the  First  church  in  the  interest  of  peace,  in  which  the 
First  church  l)y  deed  authorized  by  a  vote  of  the  church,  convey- 
ed the  entire  property  to  the  Second  church,  and  the  first  church 
was  thus  left  without  a  house  of  worship,  and  the  Second  church, 
which  has  long  since  ceased  to  have  an  existence,  became  the 
owner  of  two. 

The  First  church  for  a  time  held  their  services  in  the  old  Court 
House,  and  there  I  preached  for  the  remaining  part  of  the  six 
months.  After  this  the  whole  of  my  time  was  given  to  the  Stoney 
Creek  church  and  the  work  in  West  Liberty  where  a  church  was 
organized  in  the  fall  of  1841.  I  have  always  looked  back  to  niy 
coming  to  Bellefontaine  and  my  initial  work  there  as  having  much 
to  do  in  giving  shape  to  my  whole  ministerial  life.  It  was  there 
in  the  person  of  a  child  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Belle- 
fontaine, I  found  the  loved  partner  of  my  life,  and  we  were  mar- 
ried by  the  Rev.  Joseph  Stevenson,  under  whose  ministry  .she 
grew  up  and  became  a  child  of  grace. 

The  incidents  that  are  scattered  along  the  history  of  the  First 
Pre.sbvterian    church    of    Bellefontaine    durinii"   the   almost    three 


THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNIVERSARY.  .  1 77 

quarters  of  a  century  are  numerous  and  many  of  them  very  inter- 
esting; and  all  serve  to  show  that  the  divine  care  and  leadership 
have  been  with  you.  And  as  from  time  to  time  many,  through  the 
instrumentality  of  the  means  of  grace,  have  been  gathered  into 
your  church  fold,  so  from  your  number  God  has  been  calling 
many  to  a  place  in  the  church  above,  and  it  is  truly  an  interest- 
ing thought  that  the  loving  Saviour,  Jesus,  among  you  has  been 
preparing  a  people  to  be  gathered  to  Himself  in  glory. 

Your  anniversary  review  will  serve  to  call  to  mind  many,  long 
with  you,  now  gone,  but  lingering  with  you  still  in  cherished 
memories;  and  there  is  a  loving  remembrance  and  a  sacred  union 
among  the  true  children  of  God  that  death  cannot  dissolve. 
Still— 

"One  family  we  dwell  in  Him, 

One  church  above,  beneath, 

Though  now  divided  by  the  stream — 

The  narrow  stream  of  death." 

May  the  divine  spirit,  in  its  quickening,  sanctifying  and  sav- 
ing influences,  abide  with  you  as  pastor  and  people  in  the  coming 
years.  Yours  in  Christ, 

R.   H.   HOLLYDAY. 

AUNT    PED    AND    UNCLE    JOE. 

BY    J.    Q.     A.     CAMPBELL. 

Fifty  years  ago,  and  more,  a  lass  from  the  East  came  with  her 
father's  family  to  Logan  county,  and  made  her  home  on  a  farm 
near  Bellefontaine.  Like  a  loyal  Presb3'terian,  on  the  Sabbath  day 
she  sought  the  house  of  God,  in  the  village.  Her  eye  was  bright 
and  her  voice  was  clear,  and  her  heart  was  as  free  as  the  birds 
that  sang  about  her  home.  In  Pennsylvania  she  was  accustomed 
to  seeing  a  sedate,  middle-aged  clerk  lead  the  singing.  But  on  this 
morning  a  fat.  chubby-faced  boy  stood  up  and  lead  the 
singers  in  Israel  and  as  her  sweet  voice  made  more  than  one  face 
beside  the  chubby-faced  boy's  turn  her  way,  she  said  to  her- 
self, "I  will  make  that  boy's  acquaintance,"  And  in  the  inter- 
mission between  the  sermons,  it  didn't  take  long  for  her  to  find 
out  that  the  chubby-faced  boy  was  the  son  of  the  minister.  And 
as  the  face  of  man  answers  to  the  face  of  man,  so  the  face  of  the 
young  man  turns  to  his  love,  and  the  two  singers  were  fated  and 
mated,  and  led  the  singing  in  the  church  for  fifty  long  but  happy 
years.     And  we  rejoice  that  they  are  with  us  today. 


178  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

A  red  breast  sat  on  an  apple  bough 
And  sang,  at  the  break  of  day; 

Another  bird,  just  over  the  hill, 
Answered  his  roundelay. 

He  sang  of  the  joj^  of  the  early  dawn, 

She  sang  of  the  joy  of  morn. 
He  sang  of  the  glorious  rising  sun. 

She  sang  of  the  day  new  born. 

He  changed  his  pipe  and  softened  its  tone, 
And  sang  of  a  new  found  joy. 

She  twittered  and  fluttered  and  poised  her  head, 
And  sang  like  a  maiden  coy. 

Noiseless  he  flew  to  a  nearer  tree. 

While  a  pinion  dropped  from  his  wing, 
To  feather  an  arrow  for  Cupid's  bow, 
And  again  he  began  to  sing. 

'Twas  soft  and  low,  and  sweet  in  tone. 
And  the  melody  wooed  and  won, 

And  the  knot  was  tied  with  a  beam  of  light 
That  fell  from  the  rising  sun. 

The  red-breast  rose  and  fell  with  pride 
And  the  throat  gushed  forth  a  song 

Of  love,  and  triumph,  and  happiness, 
That  filled  the  whole  day  long. 

And  a  softer  note  and  a  sweeter  tone 
Came  out  from  a  throat  near  by. 

And  a  choir  was  formed  that  sang  a  song, 
That  swelled  to  the  arching  sky. 

A  song  of  love  and  a  song  of  faith, 

A  song  of  deyotion  true, 
A  song  of  melody,  trust  and  joy, 

A  song  that  made  one  of  two. 

A  maiden  lithe,  with  a  step  as  light 
As  the  morning  that  trips  away. 

And  an  eye  as  bright  as  the  morning  light. 
Came  tripping  this  way  one  day. 

The  village,  nestled  in  forests  green 
That  stretched  from  the  wearying  eye, 

Was  still  as  the  air  on  an  autumn  day. 
When  the  gossamer  fails  to  fly. 

The  honest  yeoman  with  faithful  swain. 

Had  come  to  meet  his  God; 
His  faithful  messenger  pointed  the  way 

The  fathers  of  old  had  trod. 


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The  hymn  was  read,  and  a  smooth-faced  lad 

Arose  and  led  the  song, 
And  Balerma  swelled  on  the  morning  air, 

And  a  new  voice  follow^ed  along. 

The  chubby  lad  heard  the  sweet  new  note, 
And  a  new  hope  entered  his  breast; 

And  he  sung  with  a  zeal  he  had  never  known, 
And  the  world  knows  all  the  rest. 

The  man  of  God  his  blessing  gave, 

The  people  all  said  amen. 
A  nest  was  built  on  the  neighboring  hill. 

Came  fledglings  again  and  again. 

For  fifty  years  they  sang  the  song 

Of  peace  on  earth,  good  will 
Toward  men  who  follow  the  I,ord's  command, 

And  their  song  is  with  us  still. 


l8o  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 


REGISTER     OF    MEMBERS 

ARRANGED    ALPHABETICALLY. 
1828    TO    1899. 

The  sources  from  which  the  following  data  has  been  com- 
piled are  the  registers  of  the  pastors  since  1854,  records  of  the 
elders  since  1828,  records  of  the  clerks  of  the  congregation  since 
1825,  county  records  of  marriages,  early  newspapers,  gravestones, 
correspondence,  etc.,  and  much  information  has  been  furnished 
personally.  In  spite  of  all  the  care  bestowed  to  obtain  complete- 
ness of  detail,  much  that  could  have  been  supplied  has  not  been,  but 
such  as  has  been  furnished  is  herein  given. 

There  are  doubtless  errors  natural  to  obtaining  information 
from  people's  memories,  and  because  no  record  is  free  from  error,  but 
great  care  has  been  used  that  the  information  should  be  complete 
and  accurate.     The  names  are  arranged  alphabetically. 

The  following  items  concerning  each  member  are  given  when 
known: — The  date  of  uniting  with  the  church  follows  the  name 
and  whether  by  "ex"  (examination  or  professsion,)  or  "cert" 
(certificate  or  letter),  church  from  which  the  letter  was  brought, 
if  a  present  member,  name  and  place  of  residence  of  the  member's 
father,  present  residence  of  the  member  or  date  of  death  and  age, 
also  if  a  married  woman,  the  name  of  her  husband. 

The  genealogies  of  several  of  the  older  families  are  given 
which  need  explanation.  An  abstract  number  is  given  each  head 
of  a  family,  both  when  he  is  mentioned  as  a  child  and  as  the  fam- 
ily head.  When  mentioned  as  the  head  of  the  family  his  paternal 
ancestors  even  to  three  generations  are  given  if  known.  The  fol- 
lowing abbreviations  are  used: 

ABBREVIATIONS. 

ab — about.  ex — by  examination.  s — son  of 

ae — aged.  fr — from.  trans — transferred  by 

adm— admitted.  gs — gravestone.  letter. 

bap — baptized.  hus — husband.  unm — unmarried. 

b — born.  mr — married  wf — wife  of. 

B — Bellefontaine.  om — original  member  y — young, 

cert — certificate.  of  this  church,  ? — uncertaintj', 

ch — church.  m — present  member  Other  usual  abbreviations, 

chn — children.  of  this  church. 

d — died.  prob— probably. 

dau — daughter  rem — removed. 

dis — dismissed  by  letter,     re.s — residence  was  or  is. 


REGISTER   OF  MEMBERS.  l8l 

Abraham,  James  K.,  Mar.  6,  1886,  cert,  s  Wm.  and  Ellinor  (Kincaid) 

A.  of   Wash.  Co.,  Pa.,  farmer,  an  elder  in  the  ch  at  Corinth, 
Union  Co.  O.,  d  Mar.  24,  1895,  ae  79. 

Abraham,  Rachael  M.,  Mar.  6,  1886,  cert,  dau  Benj.  and  Hannah 

(Marlette)  Beabont,  of  Wash.  Co.,  Pa.,  wf  J.  K.  A.,  res  B  m. 
Acton,  Florence  C,  Oct.  23,  1898,  ex,  fr  I^ondon,  O.,  res  B,  m. 
Adams,  Fannie  May,  Dec.  3,  1882,  ex,  dau  Horace  Adams  of  Green 

Springs,  rem  Dec.  30,  1884,  to  Brooklyn,  O.,  res  Ivos  Angeles, 

Cal. 
Adams,    Julia   Ann  (Shafer),   Nov.    10,   1855,    cert,    mr  Solomon 

Adams,  d  Dec.  5,  1898,  ae  88. 
Adams,  Amanda,  Sept.  6,  1866,  cert,  mr  Mr.   Coterill,  res  B. 
Adams,  Samuel  J.,  Jan  16,  1859,  ex,  sexton,  s  Wm.  Adams  fr  Pa,, 

trans  July  31   1879  to  Zanesfield,  res  B.  Liberty. 
Adams,  Sarah  E.,  see  Sarah  E.  Bennett. 
Adams,  Solomon,  Mar.  25,  1858,  cert  fr  Zanesfield  ch,  d  Sept.  26, 

1888,  ae  83. 
Adams,   Susan,   Jan.    16  1859,  ex,  dau  Wm.  Cook  fr  Pa.,  wf  S.  S. 

Adams,  trans  July  31,  1879,  to  Zanesfield. 
Akey,  Hariett,  see  Hariett  Gregg. 
Akey,  Matilda  B.,  Mar.  i,  189T,  cert,  dau  Rich.  Armstrong,  wf  W. 

S.  A.,  res  B,  m. 
Akey,  Winfield  S.,  March  i,  1891,  cert,  s  Ellis  Akey,  res  B,  m. 
Alexander,  Elizabeth,  Mar.  8,  1851,  cert,  dau  J.  E.  Alexander,  prob 

mr  Jeremiah  Gebby,  rem  to  and  d  in  Marysyille. 
Alexander,  John  W.,  Dec.  9,  1888,  ex,  s  J.  A.  A.,  dis  Mar.  27,  1897, 

DeGraff  and  d  there. 
Alexander,  Miss  Frances  G.,  May  30,  1897,  ex,  dau  S.  R.  A.,  res 

B,  m. 

Alexander,  Samuel  R.,  May  30,  1897,  cert,  s  W.  A.,  res  B,  m. 

Alexander,  Rachel  A.  D.,  May  30,  1897,  cert,  wf  S.  R.  A.,  res  B, 
m. 

Alexander,  Samuel,  Mar.  4,  1888,  cert  fr  Juniata  Co.,  Pa.,  1838, 
s  J.  A.  Alexander,  res  B,  m. 

Alexander,  Ella  Robb,  Feb.  12,  1899,  cert,  Zanesfield,  dau  Syl- 
vester Robb,  wf  Samuel  A.,  m. 

Alexander,  Sarah  J.,  Mar.  4,  1888,  cert,  dau  of  Moses  Marquis, 
wf  of  Samuel  A.,  d  April  12,  1893. 

Allen,  Cora  D.,  Dec.  4,  1887,  ex,  dau  Harvey  Allen,  mr  Judge  L. 
E.  Pettit,  res  B,  m. 


l82  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Allen,  Marinda  E.,  see  Marinda  E.  Fancher. 

Allen,  Emma  (nee  Young),  Ma}^  2,  1897,  cert,  mr  first  Mr.  Linde- 

muth,  second  Harvey  Allen,  trans  Aug.  15,  1898,  Kenton. 
Allison,  Julia  S.,  Sept.  29,  1861,  ex,  dau  C.  W.  B.  Allison,  mr  Owen 

J.  Hopkins  of  Toledo,  trans  Toledo. 

Allison,  Julia  Ann,  June  14,  185 1,  cert,  trans  to  Wheeling  June  24, 

1867,  d  at  Wheeling  Mar.  21,  1870,  ae  85,  mother  of  C.  W.  B. 
Allison. 

Allison,  Mary  S.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau  Gov.  Benj.  Stanton,  wf  C.  W. 
B.  Allison,  trans  to  Wheeling  June  24,  1867,  d  1899,  ae  68, 
W^heeling,  W,  Va. 

Allnion,  Effie,  Dec,  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  S.  E.  Allmon,  mr  Ernest 
Humphrey,  res  B,  m. 

Allmon,  Isabel,  March  5,  1882,  cert,  mr  first,  Jno.  S.  Bryant,  sec- 
ond, S.  E.  Allmon,  d  Jan.  3,  1893,  ae  57. 

Allmon,  Ivizzie,  Dec.  4,  1887,  ex,  dau  S.  E.  Allmon,  mr  A.  W. 
Elliott,  res  B,  m. 

Allmon,  Samuel  E.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  Isaac  Allmon  of  Stark  Co., 
O.,  Adj.  45th  O.  V.  I.  in  the  Civil  War,  postmaster  and  drug- 
gist, res  Toledo,  O.,  m. 

Aikin,  Hannah  M.,  see  Hannah  M.  McCracken, 

Anderson,  Elizabeth  C,  June  14,  185 1,  cert,  nee  Harner,  wf  Mat- 
thew Anderson,  d  Cross  Plains,  Wis.,  buried  here. 

Anderson,  Ada,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert,  dau  A.  J.  Anderson,  res  B,  m. 

Anderson,  Ada,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert,  wf  A.  J.  Anderson,  res  B,  m. 

Anderson,  Gertrude,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert,  dau  A.  J.  A.,  res  B,  m. 

Anderson,  Lavinia,  see  Lavinia  Nelson. 

Anderson,  Margaret,  dau  Matthew  A,,  d  here,  ae  ab  50. 

Anderson,  Sarah  J.,  see  Sarah  J.  Henderson. 

Anderson,  Susanah,  see  Susanah  Kerr. 

Anderson,  Zula,  March  4,  1894,  cert,  dau  A.  J.  A.,  w^f  Prof.  Frank 
March,  dis  Jan.  20,  1899,  to  W.  Liberty,  O.,  res  Zanesfield,  O. 

Andrew,  Margaret,  Jan.  13,  1837,  cert,  Bath,  Green  Co.,  O. 

Andrew,  Susan,  Jan.  14,  i860,  cert,  Anaglan,  Ireland,  died. 

Annat,  Ann  R.,  June  5,  1892,  cert  fr  Wooster,  O.,  wf  H.  M.  A.  of 
B,  trans  E.  Orange,  N.  J.,  Dec.  10,  1899. 

Annat,  Hugh  M.,  June  5,  1892,  ex,  fr  Wooster,  O..  res  B,  m. 

Ansley,  Daisy  V.,  see  Daisy  V.  Richards. 

Apple,  Margaret  Huber,  see  Margaret  Huber. 

Arden,  Moses,  Dec.  16,  1848,  cert  fr  Urbana,  came  fr  N.  J.,  trans  to 
Urbana. 


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Arden,  Eliza  Ann,  Dec.  16,  1848,  cert  fr  Urbana,  wf  M.  A.,  came 

fr  N,  J. ,  trans  to  Urbana. 
Armer,  Alan  M.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  W.  M.  A.,  B,  m. 
Armer,  Annie  M.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex,  dau  W.  M.  A.,  B,  m. 
Armer,  S.  Elizabeth,  see  S.  E.  Byers. 

Armer,  W.  McClaire,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  W.  M.  A.,  B,  m. 
Armer,  Wm.  McCandless,  June  2,  1895,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Armstrong  Effie,  Dec.   16.   1884,  cert,  dau  Richard  A.,  mr  E.  J. 

Howenstine,  d  June  5,  1896. 
Armstrong,  Fred  A.,  Apr,  18,  1897,  ex,  s  Jno.  W.  A.,  res  B,  m. 
Armstrong,  Harriet,  Mar.  i,  1891,  cert,  dau  Ellis  Akey,  wf  J.  W.  A., 

res  B,  m. 
Armstrong,  John  W.,  Mar  i,  1891,  cert,  s  Richard  A.,  res  B,  m. 
Armstrong,  Myrtal  M.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  J.  W.  A.,  res  B,  m. 
Arnold,  Annie  Iv.,  see  Annie  L.  Kerr. 

Ash,  Mary,  Aug.  20,  1836,  cert,  Pleasant  Hill,  nee  Brown,  fr  Wash- 
ington Co.  Pa.,  mr  Jos.  Shepard,  d  July  2,  1892,  ae  84,  at  Ft. 

Wayne,  Ind. 
Atwood,  John  E.,  Dec.  7,   1873,  ex,  s  Nathan  A.  of  Bucyrus,  O., 

res  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  d  in  Mich. 
Atwood,  Laura,  Dec.  7,  1873,  ex,  dau  Erskine  Douglas,  wf  J.  E.  A., 

rem. 
Babcock,  Margaret  B.,  see  Margaret  B.  Kerr. 
Baker,  Sarah,  see  Sarah  Beach. 
Baker,  Valentine,  March    21,   1857,  merchant,  fr   Lancaster   Co^, 

Pa.,  rem  to  Champaign,  111,  before  1863.  ■• 

Ballard,  Hannah,  May  26,  1880,  cert,  dau  Henry  Huffman  of  St. 

Paris,  Champaign  Co.,  wf  Silas  Ballard  of  Mason,  Warran  Co., 

O.,  d  here  Apr.  21,  1890,  ae  72. 
Ballinger,  Edward  E  ,  Mar.  13,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Ballinger,  Edna  C,  Feb.  4,  1900,  ex,  dau  E.  E.  B.,  res  B,  m. 
Ballinger,  Mary  L.,  March  13,  1898,  ex,  wf  E.  E.  B.,  res  B,  m. 
Barker,  L.  L.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m, 
Barnett,  Ida,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert  fr  U.  P.  ch,  dau  of  David  Barnett 

of  Urbana,  O.,  res  B.,  m. 

Bartholomew,  Geo.  W.,  Feb  20,  1898,  ex,  s  G.   W.   B.  of  Bristol, 
Conn.,  res  B.,  m. 

Bartholomew,  Hettie  J.,  Feb.  20,   1898,  ex,  dau  Edwin  H.  Cole, 
of  Cromwell,  Conn.,  wf  G.  W.  B.,  res  B,  m. 

Bartholomew,  Linn,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  G.  W.  B.,  res  B,  m. 


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GEO.    W.    BARTHOLOINIEW. 


Bartholomew,  Tracy,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  G.  W.  B.,  res  B,  m. 
Bartram,  Charles  E.,  Mar.  2,  1879,  ex, 

s  J.   W.    B.,  dis  Mar.  5,    1892,  to 

Columbus,  O. 
Bartram,   Faith  A.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex, 

dau  C.  E.  B.,  rem  Mar.  5,   1892, 

Columbus,  O. 
Bartram,   Lucy,  Aug.   31,    1867,   cert, 

wf  J.  W.  B.,  disSept.   7,    1884,  to 

Pasadena,  Cal. 
Bartram,   Alberta,    Mar.    2,    1879,    ex, 

dau  Dr.  Pratt,  wf  C.  E.  B. 
Bartram,  Carrie  W.,  Mar.  5,  1876,  ex, 

dau  J.  W.  B.,  mr  C.  H.  Lindsley, 

dis   Sept.    7,    1884,    to    Pasadena, 

Cal. 
Batch,  Paul  E.,  Mar.  i,  1900,  ex,  s  F. 

O.  B.,  res  B,  m. 
Batch,  Nannie  E.,  see  Nannie  E.  Wallace. 

Bateman,  Alfred  G..  Sept.  20,  1861,  ex,  trans  1863  to  W.  Liberty. 
Bateman,  Mary,  see  Mary  F.  Hall. 
Beach,  Gertrude  N.,  dau  Warren  Nichols,  wf  Gaylord  M.  B.,  trans 

to  Indianapolis  Apr    10,  1870,  res  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Beach,  Ellen  R.,  May  27,    1854,  ex,  dau  G.  R.   B.,   trans  Indian- 
apolis, Apr.  10,  1870,  d  Pittsburg  ab  1894,  unm,  ae  ab  65. 
Beach,  Rebecca,  Dec.  18,  1853,  cert  fr  Mansfield,  O.,  nee  CofTen- 

berger,  mother  of  G.  M.  Beach,  d  B,  Mar.  4,  1869,  ae  86. 
Beach,   Sarah,   Dec.   18,   1853,  cert,  sister  G.   M.   B.,   mr  Reuben 

Baker,  d  B  before  her  mother. 
B'eal,  Catherine,  see  Catherine  Huber. 
Beal,  Hannah,  Aug.   24,  1850,  cert,   dau  David  Colley  of  Fayette 

Co.,  Pa.,  wf  Elijah  Beal,  d  Sept.  5,  1893,  ae  82. 
Beelman,  Carrie  E.,  Dec.  31,  1882,  ex,  dau  Jacob  Beelman,  mr  M. 

G.  Bell,  B,  m. 

Beelman,  Mary,  Mar.  9,   1876,   ex,   dau  Jacob  Beelman,   mr  Dr. 
Wm.  Bull,  dis  May  30,  1895,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J. 

Beelman,  Caroline  C,  Feb.  29,   18,  ex,  dau  Jonathan  Huston  of 
Carlisle,  Pa.,  mr  Jacob  Beelman,  res  B,  m. 

Bell,  Carrie  E.,  see  Carrie  E.  Beelman. 

Bell,  Marion  G.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  Cyrus  Bell,  res  B,  m. 


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Bell,  Mary  A.,  see  Mary  A.  Fuller. 

Bell,  Susanah,  ab  1836,  trans. 

Bennett,  Chas.  Edward,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  J.  Q.  A,  B.  Serg'tMaj. 
in  Spanish -American  war,  m. 

Bennett,  Elizabeth  W.,  Sept  14,  1884,  cert,  Rushsylvania,  dau  Ed- 
ward Williams  of  Seneca  Co.,  O.,  wf  J.  Q.  A.  B.,  res  B,  m. 

Bennett,  John  Q.  A.,  Feb.  24,  1867,  ex,  s  Ezra  B.,  in  the  Civil  War 
res  B,  m. 

Bennett,  Lucius  C,  June  9,  1862,  ex,  s  Ezra  B.,  d  in  Civil  War  in 
1862. 

Bennett,  Ezra,  Jan.  16,  1846,  cert  fr  Xenia,  s  Timothy  B.  of  Cum- 
berland Co.,  N.  J.,  undertaker  and  merchant,  see  elders, 
Lieut,    in  loth  Bat.  in  the      ivil  War,  d  Aug  22,  1889,  ae  77. 

Bennett,  Mary  Ann,  Jan.  16,  1846,  cert,  Xenia,  O.,  dau  Wm.  Bry- 
ant fr  Brownsville.  Pa.,  wf  Ezra  B.,  res  B,  m. 

Bennett,  Sarah  Eliza,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau  Judge  Ezra  B.,  mr  first, 
Jos.  C.  Van  Eaton,  second,  Horace  B.  Adams,  res  Los  Ange- 
les, Cal. 

Bergen,  Anna,  June  5,  1864,  ex,  dau  J.  B.  B.,  wf  J.  K.  Stewart,  res  B. 

Bergen,  Anna  R.,  see  Anna  R.  Galbreath, 

Bergen,  Daniel  O.,  Apr.  8,  1894,  ex,  rem. 

Bergen,  Edward,  June  5,  1864,  ex,  s  J.  B.  B.,  trans  Sept.  4,  1880,  to 
Van  Wert,  O.,  d  there  Mar.  10,  1884. 

Bergen,  John  B.,  Dec.  5,  1863,  certfr  Dayton,  d  Feb.  25,  1884,  ae  68. 

Bergen,  Mary  M.,  Apr.  14,  i860,  cert  fr  Omaha,  Neb.,  wf  Rev.  G. 
P.  B.,  trans  1863,  to  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa. 

Bergen,  Mary,  June  4,  1864,  ex,  dau  J.  B.  B. ,  mr  first  Wm,  Gal- 
breath, second  F.  G.  Coldren,  res  Washington,  D.  C. 

Bergen,  Cornelia  B. ,  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex,  dau  J.  B.  B. ,  mr  J.  M.  Mc- 
Cracken,  res  B,  m. 

Bergen,  Moses,  June  5,  1864,  ex,  s  J.  B.  B. ,  dis  Feb.  28,  1888,  to 
Dayton. 

Bergen,  Alice  C. ,  Mar.  5,  1881,  ex,  dau  D.  B.  Lindemuth,  wf 
Moses  B. ,  dis  Feb.  28,  1888,  to  Dayton,  O. ,  d  Oct.  7,  1893. 

Bickham,  Mary  M. ,  see  Mary  M.  Moore. 

Bigham,  Margaret,  Dec.  5,  1863,  cert  fr  Circleville,  wf  Geo.  B. , 
mother  of  Mrs.  G.  L.  Kalb,  d  Nov.  17,  1886,  ae  88. 

Bigham,  Mattie  'E. ,  Dec.  5,  1863,  cert  fr  Circleville,  dau  Geo.  B. , 
mr  Milton  Steen,  res  Dayton,  O. 

Blair,  Isabella,  Mar.  21,  1857,  ex,  wf  Jno.  B. ,  d  i860. 


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prp:sbyterian  church  historv. 


LEROY   BLESSING. 


Blair,  John,  Mar.   21,    1857,    ex,    rem 

West,  res  (?)  Carthage,  Mo. 

Blair,  Elizabeth  A.,  Mar.   12,  1876,  ex, 

dau  James  B. ,  mr  Jno.  F.  Stamm, 

res  Sibley,  Iowa. 

Blessing,  Anna  B. ,  see  Anna  B.  Slicer, 

Blessing,  LeRoy,  Mar.   4.    189.:!,  ex,  s 

Frank  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Blessing,  Grace,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau 

Frank  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Boggs,   Jno.    F. ,    Mar,    2,    1884,  ex,   s 
Robt.    B.,    rem    Jan    7,    1886,    to 
Union  City,  Ind.,  res  near  Cincin- 
nati. 
Bosworth,  Betsy,  Sept.  3,  1864,  cert  fr 
the  East,   wf  D.   F,   B.,    trans    to 
Fremont,  O  ,  Oct.  28,  1867. 
Bosworth,  David  F.,  Sept.  3,   1864,  cert  fr  the  East,  trans  to  Fre- 
mont, O.,  Oct.  28,  1867. 
Boucher,  Mary,  Dec.   9,   1894,  cert  fr 
Marion,  Ind.,  dau  of  Jos.  Boucher, 
d  here  July  9,  1895. 
Bowland,    (M.    D. )   M.    J,,    Nov.    26, 

1858,  cert  fr  Mansfield,  O. ,  trans 
to  Ottawa,  O.,  Apr.  28,  1859. 

Bowland,  S.   M.,   Nov.    26,    1858,   cert 
fr  Mansfield,    O.,   trans   Apr.  28, 

1859,  Ottawa,  O. 
Boyd,   Archibald   W. ,   Dec.   12,    1833, 

cert,  Bloomingbaugh,   O. 
Boyd,  Jane,  dau  Emanuel   Hover   of 

Lima,  mr  Abraham,  B.,  d  in  Lima. 
Boyd,  Miss,  dau  Abraham  B. ,  res  Lima. 
Boyd,    Abraham,    ab    1842    fr    Lima, 

retd  to   Lima  ab  1844,  res  Lima. 

Boyd,    Mary,     Dec.     12,     1833,     cert, 

Bloomingbaugh,  O.,  Archibald  W.  B. 
Boyd,  Hattie  P.,  Mar.  4,   1877,  ex,  dau  Robt.  B.,  mr  Jno.  Smurth- 

waite,  res  B,  m, 
Boyd,  Letta,  Apr.  18,  1897,  cert,  dau  Christopher  Howenstine   of 

Buc3'rus,  wf  Jas.  S.  Boyd,  res  B,  m. 


MRS.  ABRAHAM    BOYD. 


REGISTER   OF   MEMBERS.  187 

Braden,  Mrs.  Letitia  (or  Luciiida),   Aug.    20,    1836,    cert,   Salem, 

Ross  Co.,  O.,  unm,  res  near  B. 
Braden,  Miss  Letitia  (or   Lucinda),   Aug.    20,    1836,   cert,   Salem, 

Ross  Co. ,  O. ,  res  3  miles  south-west  B, 
Bradfute,  John  A.,  Feb.  20,   1898,   cert.    South   Charleston,   O. ,   s 

Jno.  Knox  B. ,  Clifton,  Green  Co. ,  O. ,  merchant,  res  B,  m. 
Bradfute,  MaryK. ,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dauj.  A.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Bradfute,  Anna,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert.  South  Charleston,  dau  David 

Pringle  of  South  Charleston,  O. ,  wf  J.  A.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Bramble,    Phoeba,   Sept.   9,    1871,    ex,    dau    Mr.    Hughes   of   Big 

Springs,  wf  James  B.,  d  Sept.  19,  1875. 
Brand,  John  P. ,  Nov.  29,  1885,  ex,  s  Jos.  C.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Brandon,  Ethel  M. ,  Mar.  6,  1887,  ex,  dau  Geo.  T.  B. ,  mr  Ernest 

Bryant,  res  B,  m. 
Brandon,  Geo.  T. ,  Dec.  31,  1882,  cert,  s  Rev.  Mr.  B. ,  dis  Feb.  22, 

1895,  Dayton,  O. ,  res  Cleveland,  O, 
Brandon,  Mary  P. ,  Dec.  31,  1882,  cert,  dau  John  Palmer,  wf  Geo. 

T.  B, ,  trans  Feb.  22,  1895,  Dayton,  O. ,  res  Cleveland,  O. 
Brandon,  Palmer  J.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,   s  Geo.   T.    B. ,   trans   Feb. 

22,  1895,  Dayton,  O. ,  res  Cleveland,  O. 
Briggs,  A.  D. ,  Sept.  22,  1878,  cert,  trans  to  Episcopal  ch. 
Brown,  Alice  D. ,  see  Alice  D.  McColloch. 
Brown,  Calvin,  Dec.  4,  1887,   cert. 
Brown,  Daisy  D. ,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  Morgan  D.  B. ,  dis  Jan.  i, 

1895,  to  Purcellville,  Va. ,  mr  Mr.  Hurst. 
Brown,  Mattie  Eva,  Dec.  6,  1891,  ex,  dau  Jacob  K.    B. ,   mr  Wm, 

Marshall,  res  B,  m. 
Brown,  May  Eliza,  Dec.  6,  1885,    ex,    dau   Ben   Knight   of   Gray 

Co. ,  Can. ,  wf  T.  S.  B.  dis  Sept.  23,  1889,  to  Topeka,  Kan. 
Brown,  Isabella,  om,  1828,  dau  Robt.  B. ,  d  near  W.  Liberty, 
Brown,  Mary,  om,  1828,  dau  Robt.  B, ,  d  W.  Liberty  ab  1885,  unm, 

ae  ab  83. 

Brown,  Morgan  D.,  Mar,  3,  1867,  ex,  physician,  d  Nov.  23,  1879, 
ae  62. 

Brown,  Thomas  S. ,  Dec.  6,  1885,  ex,  fr  Zanesfield,  att'y  at  law, 
s  Asa  (Aaron  of  N.  C. )  and  Hannah  (Sands)  B, ,  dis  Sept,  23, 
18S9  to  Topeka,  Kan, 

Broughton,  Ellen,  May  21,  1899,  cert  Mechanicsburg,  O, ,  res  B,  m. 

Brownell,  Dot,  Mar,  10,  1899,  ex,  dau  E.  H,  B, ,  res  B,  m. 

Bruner,  Otho,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  John  B. ,  res  B,  m. 

Bryant,  AldenU. ,  Jan.  25,  1900,  ex,  res  B,  m. 


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Bryant,  Ernest  J.,  Dec,  8,  1889,  ex,  s  John  S.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Bryant,  Ethel  M. ,  see  Ethel  M.  Brandon. 
Bryant,  Jessie  L. ,  Dec.  7.  1890,  ex,  dau  Alden  U.  B. ,  d  here. 
Br3-ant,  Helen  R. ,  Jan.  25,  1900,  ex,  wf  Alden  U,  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Bryant,  Stella  M. ,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  dau  John  S.    B. ,   d  Nov.    12, 

1887. 
Buchanan,  Bayard  F. ,  Jan.  10,  1886,  cert  fr  Washington  Co. ,  Pa. , 

att'y  at  law,  dis  Dec.  5,  1887,  to  Kansas  City. 
Buchanan,  James  W.,  Dec.  8,  1895,  ex,  s  S.  A.  B,  trans  to  Ken- 
ton, Jan.  3,  1900. 
Buchanan,  Livy,  May  31,  1879,  cert,  dau  Jno.  Lusk  of  Dayton,  wf 

S.  A.  B. ,  trans  to  Kenton,  Jan  3,  1900. 
Buchanan,  Hazel,  Mar.  4,   1900,  ex,  dau  C.  W.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Buchanan,  Samuel  A.,  May  31,  1879,  ex,  s  Rev.  Jas.  B. ,  trans  to 

Kenton  Jan.  3,  1900. 
Buchanan,  Sutton  R. ,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  s  S.  A.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Budd,  Aseneth,  Apr.    18,    1882,   ex,   came   fr   Kalida,    O. ,   rem   to 

Putnam  Co. ,  O. 
Buhner,  Samuel,  Feb.  18,  1866,  ex,  rem. 
Bull,  Fannie  F. ,  see  Fannie  F.  Fuller. 
Bull,  Mary,  see  Mary  Beelman. 
Bunker,  Harvey  L.,  Oct.  23,  1898,  ex,  trans  to  Utica,  N.  Y. ,  Dec. 

21,  1899. 
Bunker,  Mary  F. ,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  H.  Iv.  B. ,  trans  to  Utica, 

N.  Y. ,  Dec.  21,  1899. 
Bunker,  Hannah,  Sept.  4,  1880,  ex,   dau  J.    K.   Abraham,   wf   H. 

Iv.  B.,  d  here  Mar.  18,  1898. 
Bunker,  SavillaE. ,  Mar.  6,  1887,  ex,  dau  H.  S.  B. ,  trans  to  Utica, 

N.  Y. ,  Dec.  21,  1899. 
Bunker,  Wm.  Beatty,  June  7,  1891,  ex,  druggist,  s  H.  t,.  B. ,  trans 

to  Utica,  N.  Y. ,  Dec.  21,  1899. 
Burbank,  Henrietta  T. ,  Nov.  7,  1871,   cert,   trans    Feb.    25,    1872, 

Franklin,  O. 
Burkholder,  Frank,  Nov.  29,  1885,  ex,   s  Lorenzo  B. ,   trans  Mar. 

20,    1889,  Muncie,  Ind. 
Burkholder,  Mary  E. ,  Mar.  4,  1876,  ex,  dau  Sol.  Adams,  wf  Lor- 
enzo B.,  dis  Mar.  25,  1889,  res  Toledo,  O. 
Burkholder,  Zula  May,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  dau  Lorenzo  B. ,   nir  W. 

Watkins,  trans  Mar.  25,  1889,  res  Toledo,  O. 
Burton,  Margaret,  Sept.  16,  1837,  cert  fr    Philadelphia,    sister    of 

Josiah  ShufReton. 


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Burton,  Lemuel  P. ,  Sept.  16,  1837,  fr  Philadelphia,  d  B,  ab  1850. 
Bush,  Nettie,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  dau  of  J.  B.  B.  of  Big  Springs, 

res  B,  m. 
Bushey,  Anna,  Dec.  4,  1898,  cert,  Bellecenter,  O.  dau  Daniel  Wile, 

wf  T.  F.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Bushey,  Mary,  Dec.  4,  1898,  cert,  Bellecenter,  dau  T.  F.  B.,  res  B, 

m, 
Bushey,  T.  F. ,  Dec.  4,  1898,  cert,  Bellecenter,  O. ,  s  Jacob  M.  B. , 

Frederick  Co. ,  Md. ,  res  B,  m. 
Byers,  Elizabeth  Cecelia,  Jan.  1857,  ex,  dau  James  B. ,  mr  Bernard 

Zoz,  trans  May  29,  1869,  retd  Feb.  20,  1883,  res  B,  m. 
Byers,  Geo.  Lewis,  June   3,  1883,  ex, 

s   Samuel   and    Samantha,    trans 

May  7,    1888,    Rushsylvania,   res 

Rushsylvania. 

Byers,  Alice  J. ,  Mar.  10,  1876,  ex,  dau 

J.  W.  B.,  res  B,  m. 
Byers,  Alexander,  Mar.  8,  185 1,  ex,  a 

physician  in  Hvansville,  Ind. 
Byers,  James,  om,   1828,  d  in  Wayne 

Co.,  Iowa,  Oct.  18,  1874,  ae  74. 
Byers,  Jas.  Franklin,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex, 

s  J.  W.  and  M.  J.,  d  Sept  25,  1897. 
Byers,  John  W.,  Dec.  22,  1854,  ex,  s 

James  and  Mary,  res  B,  m. 
Byers,  Joseph  S.,  s  James  and  Mary, 

elder   in   the    ch    Promise    City, 

Iowa. 
Byers,  Margaret,  dau  James  and  Mary 

B. ,  mr  John  Jackson,   d  Mechanicsville,  Iowa,  Feb.   19,   1873, 

ae4i. 
Byers,  Rachel  Ann,  dau  of  J.  and  M.  B.,  wf  Thomas  Hatcher,  d 

in  Mechanicsville,  Iowa,  Mar.  5,  1873,  ^e  36. 

Byers,  Martha,  Dec.  22,  1854,  ex,  dau  Jas.  Erwin,  wf  J,  S.  B.,  d  in 
Iowa,  Sept.  28,  1896,  ae  62. 

Byers,  Mary  Jane,  Mar.  22,  1855,  cert,  dau  Joseph  Oatman,  wf  J. 
W.,  d  Mar.  7,  1891,  ae  61. 

Byers,  M.  Bella,  Mar.  5,  1882,  ex,  dau  J.  W.  and  M.  J.  B. ,  wf 
of  Frank  Garvin,  dis  Nov.  7,  1892,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. ,  d 
Nov.  21,  1894,  ae  37. 


JAMES   BYERS. 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORV. 


Byers,  Mary  Emma,  Mar  2,    1870,  ex.  dau  J.    W.    B. ,  d  Nov.    29, 

1895.  ae  43. 
Byers.  Mattie  S. ,  Mar.  5,  1876.  ex,  dau  of  J.  W.  and  M.  J.  B. ,  wf 

John  Fehl,  for  three  years  a   missionary   in    Utah   under   the 

Home  Board,  dis  July  29,  18S9,  to  Kenton,  O. ,  res  Carthage, 

Mo.     See  Missionaries. 
Byers,  S.  E. ,  June  2,  1877,  ex,  dau  of  J.  W.  and  M.  J.  B. ,  wf  W. 

M.  Armer,  rej  B,  m. 
Byers,  Mary,  June  12,  1852,  ex,  wf  of  Thomas  Byers,    trans  Max- 
well, Iowa. 
Byers,    Mary,    om,     1828.     dau    Rev. 

Joseph  Stevenson,  wf  James  B. ,  d 

here   Sept.    25,    1868,    ae   63. 
Byers,  Samantha  I..  Sept.  i,  1867,  ex, 

nee  Milner,  wf  Samuel  B. ,   trans 

Corydon,  la.,  July  7,   1869,  living 

in  Rushsylvania. 
Byers,  Rachel  Eva,  June  4,  1882,  ex, 

dau  J.  W.  B. ,  res  B,  m. 
Byers,     Robt. ,     Mar.     22,     1855,     ex, 

cousin  of  J.  W.  B. ,  rem. 
Byers,  Samuel,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  s James 

and  Mary  B. ,  trans  July  7,   1869, 

Corydon,    Iowa,    d    in     Rushsyl- 
vania Feb.  14,  1892,  ae  52. 
Byers,  Sarah,  dau  of  James  and  Mary 

B. ,     wf     G.      Combs,     living     in 

Allerton,  Iowa. 
Byers,  Sarah  M.,  June  16,  1849.  cert,  nee  Morrison,  wf  of  Thomas, 

■     d  near  B. 
Byers,  Thomas  M. ,  May  25,  1850,  ex,   s  James  and  Mary  B. ,   an 

elder  in  the  ch  at  Maxwell,  Iowa. 
Byers,  Thomas,  June  r6,    1849,   cert,   a   public   school   teacher,    s 

Thomas  B. ,  of  Wash.  Co.,  Pa.,  adm  Cherokee  Run  ch  June  6, 

1840,  d. 
Callen,   Mary,  June  16,    1829,   cert  fr  Scotland,    wf  Wm.,    d  near 

Spring  Hill. 

Callen,   William,  June  16,    1829,   cert  fr  Scotland,   d  near  Spring 
Hill.  ^      ^ 

Campbell,  Bertha  E. ,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex.  dau  J.  Q.  A.  C. ,   mr  Gail 
Stinchcomb,  M.  D. ,  res  B,  m. 


MARY   BYERS. 


REGlSi'ER  OP  MEMBERS. 


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CHARLES  D.  CAMPBELL  AND  FAMILY. 


T92  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Campbell,  Cathrina  J. ,  Jan.   1857,  ex,  dau  Jas.  D.  C,  trans  Karnes 
Co. ,  Texas. 

Campbell,  Charles  D. ,  Mar.  3,  1870,  cert,  s  Chas.  F.  Campbell  of 
Ripley,  O. ,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Charlotte,  Aug.  3,  1862,  cert  U.  P.  ch,  dau  David  Niven, 
\vf  Richard  C. ,  trans  1863,  to  Indianapolis,  d  ab  1874,  ae  44. 

Campbell,  Claire  G. ,  Mar.  4,   1894,  ex,  dau  J.  Q.  A.  C. ,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  David  C,  Jan.  3,   1857,  ex,  s  Jas.  D.  C. ,  trans  ab  1859, 
Karnes  Co. ,  Texas. 

Campbell,  Edvs^ardK.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  C.  D.  C,  Adj.,  Second 
O.  V.  I. ,  in  Spanish-American  War,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Edwin  McL. ,  June  i,  1899.  ex,  s  Joseph  C. ,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Elizabeth,  Feb.  24,  1866,  cert,  wf  Joseph  C,  trans  Cin- 
cinnati 1868,  retd  1874,  d  Sept.  10,  1878,  ae  66. 

Campbell,  Emma  Knight,  June  i,  1884.  cert,  dau  Ed.  H.  K. ,  mr  C. 
D.  C. ,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Estelle,  see  Estelle  Hoge. 

Campbell,  Harold  F. ,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  s  C.  D.  C. ,  res  B,  m, 

Campbell,  Hattie  A. ,  Feb.  3,  1895,  ex,  dau  C.  D.  C. ,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Isabella  M. ,  see  Isabella  McLaughlin. 

Campbell,  Jas.,  Nov.  26.  1858,  ex,  fr  Logansville,   brother  Nancy 
Campbell,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  James  D.,  Feb.  8,  1832,  ex,  was  an  elder,  clerk  of  Ses- 
sion; a  hatter  by  trade,  d  Kennedy,  Texas,  Dec.  22,  1875. 

Campbell,    Joseph,    Feb.    24,    1866,    ex,    fr   Muskingum    Co.,    O., 
nephew  Thos.  Rambo,  d  Apr.  13,  1898,  ae  85. 

Campbell,  Josie  Bella,  Mar.  2,  1890,  ex,  dau  Joseph  C,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  J.  Q.  A.,  July  4,  1865,  cert  from  Ripley,  O.,  s  Chas.  F, 
C.,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Lois  D.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex,  dau  C.  D.  C,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Marie  E.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  C.  D.  C,  res  B,  m. 

Campbell,  Mary  A.,  Nov.  26,  1858,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Huston  of  DeGraff, 

wf  James  Campbell,  d  July  3,  1896,  ae  ab  72. 
Campbell,  Harriet,  Mar.  3,  1870,  cert,  dau  Thos.  Kephart,  Ripley, 

O.,  wf  Chas.  F,  Campbell,  trans  Ripley,  O.,  July  6,  1875. 
Campbell  Rhoda,  Jan.  4.  1836,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Callinder,  wf  Jas.  D. 

C,  res  Karnes  Co.,  Texas. 

Campbell,  Nancy,  sister  James  Campbell,  d  July  8,    1872,  in  her 
92nd  year. 

Campbell,  Rebecca  J.,  June  i,   1878,  ex,  dau  James   C,    mr   Ed. 

Coen,  res  B,  m. 


REGISTER   OF   MEMBERS.  I93 

Campbell,  Wilfred  B.,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  s  J.  Q.  A.  C,  rem  Feb.  28. 
1887,  Denver,  Col.,  res  Chicago,  111. 

Carr,  Mary  Ann,  wf  Sheriff  Josiah  C,  d  B  ab  1850. 

Carr,  Nancy,  see  Nancy  Douglas. 

Carson,  Nancy  L-,  Dec.  22,  1854,  ex,  dau  Josiah  Robb,  nir  Wm.  C, 
trans  Feb.  10,  1869,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Carson,  William,  Oct.  17,  1857,  cert  fr  Chillicothe,  trans  to  Bur- 
lington, Iowa,  Feb.  10,  1869. 

Caven,  Emma  J.,  Mar.  3,  1883,  cert,  McKeesport,  Pa.,  rem  Sept. 
15,  1897,  Conway  Springs,  Ark. 

Chalfant,  Dr.  R.  W.,  Dec.  2,  1883,  cert,  s  Thornton  C.  of  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  res  B,  m. 

Chalfant,  Margaret  M.,  Dec.  2,  1883,  cert,  dau  John  Webster, 
Jewett,  O.,  res  B,  m. 

Chambers,  Sarah  Bell,  Oct.  25,  1849,  cert,  dau  Wm.  Walker,  mr 
Jos.  Chambers,  d  B  1853,  ae  ab  20. 

Clark,  Caroline  B.,  Feb.  3,  1895,  ex,  res  B,  m. 

Clark,  Ann,  Jan.  12,  1850,  cert,  dau  Rev.  Thos.  Marquis,  wf  Jos. 
Clark,  brother  of  Rev.  Thomas  Clark,  d  Oct.  26,  1870,  ae  ab  80. 

Clark,  Joseph,  Mar.  14,  1833,  cert,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Pa.,  Bro.  Rev. 
Thos.  B.  C,  bro. -in-law  Rev.  Jos.  Stevenson,  rem  to  Cala.,  d 
there. 

Christie,  Isabel  Grace,  Oct.  27,  1895,  cert  fr  Bucyrus,  dau  S.  A,  C  . 
res  B,  m. 

Christie,  Jane,  Oct.  27,  1895,  cert,  wf  S.  A.  C,  res  B,  m. 

Christie,  Jennie,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  S.  A.  C  ,  res  B,  m. 

Christie,  Mary,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  S.  A.  C,  res  B,  m. 

Christie,  Samuel  A.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  S.  A.  C,  res  B,  m. 

Clason,  Cathrine,  Nov.  7,  1862,  cert  fr  Spring  Hill,  wf  Dr.  Clason, 
d  here  Apr.,  1865. 

Clear,  Letitia  Rosa,  June  3,  1857,  ex,  dau  James  C.  of  New  Rich- 
mond, O.,  mr  Holmes  Brown  of  Lima,  O.,  trans  Lima  1863, 
present  res  Dallas,  Texas. 

Clement,  Cathrine,  Mar.  4,  1871,  ex,  wf  David  C,  sister  Mr. 
Peebles,  trans  Springfield,  O.,  July  13,  1876. 

Clement,  David,  Mar,  5,  1871,  ex,  from  Scotland,  trans  Spring- 
field July  3,  1876. 

Cobain,  Bertha  Z.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  John  C,  res  B,  m. 

Cobain,  James,  s  John  Cobain,  in  book  4  I  find  Cobean,  rem  ab 
i860  to  Delevan,  111.,  d  ab  1890,  ae  ab  70. 


194  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

Cobain,  John,  s  Juo.  Cobain,  rem  ab  i860  to  Delevan,  111.,  d  ab 

1890. 
Cobain,  Martha,  dau  John  C,  trans  to  Delevan,  111. 
Cobain,  Mary  Ann,  dau  of  Wm.  and  Elizabeth  (Kerr)  Yates,  mr 

James  C,  trans  Delevan,  111,,  d  ab  1880. 
Cobain,   Samuel,   s  Jno.   Cobain,    farmer,    rem   to   Allen    Co.,    in 

spring  of  1847,  d  Jan.,  1886,  ae  79. 
Cobain,  Jane,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex  dau  James  Jamison,  wf  J.  C,  res  B, 

m, 
Cobain,  John,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  mr  Jane  Jamison  Mar.  2,  1871,  res 

B,  m. 
Cobain,  Wm.  J.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  John  C,  res  B,  m. 
Cobain,  Mary,  Dec.  22,  1854,  ex,  dau  John  C,  mr  Judge  Jno.  Mc- 

Lain  of  Auglaize  Co.,  rem. 
Cobain,  Nancy,  see  Nancy  Kerr. 
Cobain,  Rachel,  June  16,  1849,  cert,  dau  Jno.  C,  mr  Wm.  Cobain, 

d  Aug.,  1898,  ae  95. 
Cobain,  Susanah,  see  Susanah  Kerr, 
Cobain,  Jr.,  Wm.,  Dec.  22,  1854,  ex,  s  of  Wm.  C,  rem  Clinton,  111., 

ab  1859,  d  1868,  ae  ab  65. 
Coen,  Edward  R.,  Dec.  13,  1895,  ex,  s  Marquis  C,  res  B,  m. 
Coen,  Mary,  wf  Thomas  C,  d  here  ab  1890,  ae  94. 
Coen,  Marquis  lycster,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  E.  R.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Coen,  Rebecca. 
Coen,  Thomas,  June  16,   1829,  cert  fr  Martinsburg,  O.,  father  of 

Marquis  C,  d  here  1840,  ae  ab  60. 
Coffelt,  R.  E.,  June  2,  1877,  cert,  trans  Hutchinson,  Kan.,  Sept. 

23,  1878. 
Collins,  Edith,  Sept.  9,  1899,  cert,  Beamsville,  O.,  res  B,  m, 
Collins,  Elmer,  Sept.  9,  1899,  cert,  Beamsville,  O.,  res  B,  m. 
Collins,  Myrpha,  Nov.  10,  1895,  cert  fr  Xenia,  res  B,  m. 
Combs,  George  R.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex. 
Combs,  Sarah  B.,  see  Sarah  Byers. 

Commelli,  James,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  from  Italy,  res  B,  m. 
Comely,  Bazaleel,  Feb.  19,  1835,  cert,  Perry  Co.,  O.,  rem  1840  to 

Perry  Co.,  O. 
Comely,  Margaret  Jane,  Feb.  19,  1835,  cert.  Perry  Co.,  O.,  wf  Baz- 
aleel C. 
Connard,  Dennis,  June  12,  1852,  cert,  s  Mrs.  E.  C,  trans  Mar.  23, 

i868,  to  Bloofnfield,  d  in  Clark  Co.,  Iowa,  Mar.,  1882,  ae  61. 


REGISTER   OF   MEMBERS.  I95 

Connard,  E.,  June  12,  1852,  rem  to  Spencer,  Ind.,  in  1868,  res  west 

of  B,  d  Aug.,  1875. 
Connard,  Mary  E.,  dau  Mrs.  E.  C,  trans  Nov.  30,  Spencer,  Ind., 

d,  ae  49. 
Connard,  Nancy  J.,  Jan,  3,   1857,  cert  fr  W.  Liberty,  dau  Wm. 

Kirkwood,  mr  Absolom  Connard,  trans  Bloomfield,  Iowa,  Nov. 

23,  1868,  d  June,  1869,  ae  40. 
Cook,  David  R.,  1838,  ex,  s  Geo.  C.  of  Ireland,  d  Nov.  4,  1897,  ae 

83. 
Cook,  Joan,  Mar.  28,  1897,  cert,  dau  Wm.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Cook,  John  A.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  Wm.  Cook,  res  B,  m. 
Cook,  Margaret  F.,  Feb.  24,  1866,  ex,  dau  Wm.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Cook,  Mary  A.,  1848,  ex,  dau  Henry  Snyder  of  Guernsey  Co.,  O. 
Cook,  Wm.  Feb.  13,  1832,  cert,  carpenter,  s  Geo.  C.  of  Ireland  and 

Washington  Co.  Pa.,  d  Feb.  8,  1876,  ae  77. 
Cook,  Jane  Robb,  dau  Robt.  and  Susan  (Gray)  Robb  of  Pa,  wf 

Wm.  C,  d  Apr.  4,  1891,  ae  88. 
Cool,  Emma  G.,  Apr.  10,  1898,  cert,  dau  Wm.  Brunner,  wf  Wm. 

H.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Cool,  Wm.  H.,  Apr.  10,  1S98,  cert,  s  John  C,  Newark,  O.,  res  B,  m. 
Cooper,  Emma,  see  Emma  McLaughlin. 
Cope,  Margaret,  Aug,  27,  1857,  cert,  dau  Jno.  Pollock,  mr  John 

Cope,  d  Sept.  18,  1867. 
Cordrey,  S.  Anges,  see  S.  Anges  McGill. 

Cordrey,  Bertha  A.,  Mar.  i,  1896,  ex,  dau  Wm.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Cordrey,  William,  Dec.  8,  1889,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Corry,  Chas.  B.,  Sept.  6,  1891,  cert  fr  Xenia,  res  B,  m. 
Corry,  Kate  Louisa,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  C.  B.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Corry,  Mary  Frances,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Corry,  Mary,  Sept.  6,  1891,  cert,  dau  Samuel  Stewart  of  Spring- 
field, O.,  wf  C.  B.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Cost,  John  P.,  Mar.  25,  1858,  ex,  trans  to  Lutheran  ch. 
Coulter,  Bessie,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  W.  W.  C.  res  B,  m. 
Coulter,  Dana  D.,  Dec.  6,  1896,  ex,  dau  John  A.  Coulter,  M.  D.,  and 

granddaughter  John  C,  organist,  res  B,  m. 
Coulter,  John,  Feb.  13,  1832,  ex,  s  John  C.  of  Jefferson  Co.,  O., 

came  here  after  1825,  Justice  of  Peace,  a  tanner,  rem  Hunts- 

ville,  adm  to  Cherokee  Run  ch  Mar.    12,   1835,   fr  this  ch,  d 

Dec.  26,  1859,  ae  59. 
Coulter,  Maud  M.,  Mar,  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  W.  W.  C,  res  B,  m. 


196  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Coulter,  Kittie,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert,  dau  Daniel  McKinnon,  wf  W. 

W.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Coulter,  Robt.  P.,  Dec.  9,  1894.  ex,  s  W.  W.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Coulter,  Wood  W.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  s  Jno.  C.  of  B,   1825,  res  B, 

in. 
Caveii,  Emma  J.,  Mar.  3,  1883,  cert,  McKeesport,  Pa.,  dis  to  Con- 
way Springs,  Ark. 
Cowan,  H.  N.  F.,  trans  Sandusky,  June  19,  1867. 
Cowan,  Catharine  Iv,,  Aug.  24,  1850,  cert,  wf  H.  N.  F.  C,  d  Apr., 

1865. 
Cowan,  Mary,  dau  H.  N.  F.  C  ,  mr  Mr.  Fuller,  cert  to  Sandusky 

Apr.  22,  1858. 
Creag,  Ida,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  nee  Nachtrieb,  res  B,  m. 
Crawford,  America  E.,  see  America  E.  Odor. 
Crutcher,  Ann,  fr  Va.,  nee  Childs,  wf  Hugh  C,  d  here  Aug.  4, 

1885. 
Cretcher,  Margaret  Miller,  Mar.  4,   1888,  cert,  dau  Henry  Miller, 

wf  H.  C.  Rutter,  M.  D.,  rem  Gallipolis,  O.,  Sept.  4,  1893. 
Criswell,  Harvey,  June  22,  1852,  cert  fr  Marysville,  trans  Kenton 

Mar.  12,  1861. 
Criswell,  Benjamin  F.,  Aug.  4,   1850,  ex,  leader   of   choir,    trans 

Macon  City,  Mo.,  Sept.  2,  1859. 
Criswell,  Mary  E.,  Aug,  4,   1850,  ex,  wf  B.  F.   C,  trans   Macon 

City  Sept.  2,  1859. 
Criswell  Susan,  May  22,  1853,  cert,  Marysville,  wf  Harvey  C,  trans 

Rushsylvania,  O.,  Jan.  20,  1859. 
Crockett,  Allie,  Mar.  i,  1900,  ex,  wf  O.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Crockett,  Oscar,  Mar,  i,  1900,  ex,  res  B,  m, 
Crouse^  Geo.  W.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Crouse,  L.  McMore,  Mar.  12,  1893,  cert,  wf  G.  W.  C,  res  B,  m. 
Currier,  Goldie,  Mar.   12,   1893,  cert,  dau  Mrs.  A.  R.  C,  rem  to 

Chicago. 
Currier,  Lida,  Mar.  12,  1893,  cert,  dau  Mrs.  A.   R.   C,  mr  Delmar 

Underwood,  res  B,  m. 
Currier,  M.  D.,  Mrs.  A.  R.,  Mar.  12,  1893,  cert,  rem  to  Chicago,  m. 
Cwshman,  Jennie  H.,  Dec.  5,   1895,  cert  fr  Springfield,  dau  E.  J. 

Howensti^ie,  res  B,  m. 
Davis,  Ann,  see  Ann  Fancher. 
Dale,  Lucy,  Nov.    10,    1855,  cert  fr  Sidney,  rem  to  Cincinnati  to 

nurse  in  a  Hospital. 


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Davies,  Mabel  C,  Mar.  26,  1899,  cert  from  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.,  dau 

Neil  Currie  of  Currie,  Minn. 
Davis,  John,  Aug.  4,  i860,  cert,  Cum- 
berland, O.,  s  Joshua  D.,  grocer, 
M,     rem     to     Rushsylvania     and 
Ridgeway,  d  ab  1898. 
Davis,  John  Gilbert,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert, 
s  John  Davis  of  Galion,  O.,  res  B, 
m. 
Davis  Joshua,  Nov.  25,   i860,    cert   fr 
Duncan  Falls,  O.,  rem  to   Rush- 
sylvania, trans  to  Baptist  ch. 
Davis,  Margaret,  Nov.  25,   i860,    cert 
fr  Duncan  Falls,    wf  Joshua    D., 
rem  to  Rushsylvania. 
Davis,   Mary  M.,  June   12,    1852,    ex, 
sister  Mrs.  Benj.  Stanton  (?),  wf 
David  D.,  rem  to  Toledo. 
Davis,  Mary  Helen,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex, 
dau  J.  G.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Davis,  Narcissa  A.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert,  dau  John  G.  Walker  of  Lex- 
ington, O.,  wf  J.  G.  D.,  res  B, 
m. 
Davis,  Sarah,  Aug.  4,  i860,  cert  fr 
Cumberland,   O.,   wf  Jno.    D., 
rem  to  Ridgeway. 
Davis,   Narcissa  C,   Mar.   6,    1867, 
ex,  dau  David  D.,  res  Toledo, 
O. 
Dawson,  Mary,  Nov.  7,   1862,  cert 
fr    Uniontown,    Pa.,     wf    Mr. 
Dawson  of  B,  retd  to  Union- 
town    Feb.     26,     1869,    and    d 
there. 
Dawson,    Phoeba    Ann,    Jan.     12, 
1850,  cert,  wf  John  D.,  trans, 
res  Yellow  Springs,  O. 
Day,  J.  Roland,  Feb.  18,   1869,  ex, 

trans  Cincinnati,  O.,  Jan.  5,  1873,  ^^^  ^^w  Orleans. 
Dayton,  Elizabeth  E.,  Mar.  4,  1875,  ex,  clerk  in  post-office,  trans 
Oxfordville,  Wis.,  Oct.  5,  1885. 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 


Dean,  Hazel  Esther,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  J.  W.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dean,  Frances  M.,  Mar.  7,  1897,  ex,  dau  J.  W.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dean,  J.  W.,  Mar.  7,  1897,   ex,   fr  Lonaconing,   Md.,  merchant,   s 

Levi  Dean  of  Addison,  Pa.,  res  B,  m. 
Dean,  Elizabeth,  Mar.  7,  1897,  ex,  dau  Matthew  Hannon,  wf  J.  W. 

D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dean,  Roy  Lee,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  J.  W.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Deemy,  Bessie  R.,  see  Bessie  R.  Riddle. 

Defrees,  Bertha  M.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex,  dau  Geo.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Defrees,  Burton,  Mar.  4,  1894,  s  W.  S.  D.,  ^yarren,  Pa. 
Defrees,  Elizabeth  R.,  Mar.  7,  1886,  ex,  dau  W.  S.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Defrees,  Jane,  June  5,  1864,  cert  fr  Piqua,  nee  Gibson,  widow  Jos. 

H.  D.,  St.,  res  B,  m. 
Defrees,  Joe  H.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  W.  S.  D.,  Warren,  Pa. 
Defrees,  Marie  S.,  Feb.  15,  1885,  cert,  wf  W.  S.  D.,  d  Apr.  7,  1897. 

Defrees,  Paul  T.,  Mar.  4,   1894,  ex,  s 

W.  S.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Defrees,  Wm.  S.,  Mar.   7,   1886,  ex,  s 

Jos.  II.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dennison,  Mary,  Aug.   27,   1851,  cert, 

res  Big  Springs. 

Deweese,  Pricilla,  Mar.   11,   1865,  cert 

fr  Port  Jefferson,  O,  teacher,  trans 

to  Wabash,  Iowa,  Oct  28,  1867,  d. 

Dewitt,  Rebecca  W.,   Mar.    21,    1857, 

ex,  trans  Ellsworth,  Kan.  Apr.  7, 

1874,  and  d  there  ab  1885  ae  ab  90. 

Dickey,  Alice  May,  Sept.   i,   1889,  ex, 

dau  J.  A.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dickey,  James  A.,  Feb.  27,  1876,  cert, 

d  Mar.  22,  1898, 
Dickey,   Margaret  J.,   Feb.    27,    1876, 
cert,  wf  J.  A.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dickey,  Sarah,  June  5,  1886,  cert,  dau  J,  P.  McCoy,  wf  Wm.  D.,  d 

here  Aug.  30,  1894. 
Dickinson,  Emily  F.,  Aug.  26,  1865,  ex,  dau  Jno.  D.,  d  here  unm, 

1889. 
Dickinson,  Frank  P.,  Mar.  5,  1882,  ex,  s  J.  M.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dickinson,  Joshua  M.,  June  i,  1878,  cert,  s  Thos.  and  Maria  (Lowe) 
D.  of  W.  Va.,  farmer  and  manufacturer,  d  Feb.  22,  1892. 


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JOSHUA    M.   DICKINSON. 


Dickinson,  Jennie  D.,    June    i,    1878, 
cert,    dau    J.    M.    D,,    mr    A.    C. 
Elliott,  res  B,  m. 
Dickinson,  Martha,    Mar.  4,  1900,  ex, 

dau  F,  P.  D.    res  B,  m. 
Dickinson,  Sallie   M.,    June    i,    1878, 
cert,  dau  J.  M.  D.,  d  Feb.  8,  1882. 
Dickinson,  McClellen,  Feb.    3,    1895, 

ex,  s  J.  M.  D.,  res  B,  m, 
Dickinson,  Ellen,  June  i,   1878,  cert, 
dau  Richard  Armstrong,  wf  J.  M. 
D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dickinson,    Lu   Boyd,    Feb.    i,    1895, 
cert,  dau  Robt.  Boyd,  wf  Mc.  D., 
res  B,  m. 
Dickinson,  Nettie  M.,  see  Nettie   M. 

Frey. 
Dodds,  Florence,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau 
G.  W.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dodds,  Geo.  W.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  s  John  D,  of  Xenia,  formerly  of 

Scotland,  res  B,  m. 
Dodds,   Henrietta,   Mar.  4,    1894,   ex, 
dau   Seth    Sherman    of    Boston, 
Mass.,  wf  G.  W.  D.,  res  B,  m.  " 
Dodds,  Ralph  S.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  sG. 

W.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dorwin,  Carolin  A.,  Dec.  22,  1854,  ex, 
dau  Philo  D.,  d  unm  Oct.  6,  1870. 
Dorwin,  Isabella  D.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex, 
dau  Philo  D.,  mr,  1866,  J.  Q.  A. 
Campbell,  d  here  Jan,  5,   1867,  ae 

23- 
Dorwin,  Philo,  ab  1852,  cert,  came  fr 

New   Haven,    settling    first    near 

Logansville,  afterwards  in  Stokes 

Tp.,  d  here  Oct.  6,  1870,  ae  73. 
Dorwin,  Urania,    wf  Philo  D.,   trans 

Gettysburg,   O.,  d  there  ab  1874 

ae  ab  80. 
Douglas,  Nancy,  Aug  21,  1853,   cert,  dau  Samuel  D.,  mr  Jos.    E. 

Carr,  trans  Logansville  Feb.  i,  1866,  d  Feb.  15,  1895,  ae  63. 


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200  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Douglas,  Rebecca,  Dec.  17,  1851,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Cannon  of  Fayette 

Co.,  Pa.,  wf  Samuel  D.,  trans  to  Kingston,  O.,  Jan.  10,   1869, 

prob  at  Logansville,  O.,  d  Mar.  18,  1883,  ae  75. 
Douglas,  Samuel,  Dec.  17,  1851,  ex,  farmer  three  miles  W.  of  B, 

fr  England,  trans  to  Kingston,  Champaign  Co,,  d  1877-78  ae 

ab  75. 
Dow,  Charles  F.,  June  5,  1892,  cert,  s  Dr.  L.  D..  res  Cleveland. 
Dow,  Harry  C,  Sept.  4,  1892,  cert,  s  Dr.  h.  D.,  res  Cleveland. 
Dow,  James  A.,  Mar.  3,  1895,  cert,  s  Dr.  L    D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dow,  Jessie  E.,  June  5,   1892,  cert,  dau  Dr.  L.  D.,  rem,  res  Cleve- 
land. 
Dow,  M.  D.,  Lyman,  June  4,  1893,  res  Cleveland. 
Dow,  Martha  J.,  June  4,  1893,  cert,  dau  James  B.   McCracken,  wf 

Dr.  L.  D. 
Dow%  Nellie  M.,  June  5,  1892,  cert,  dau  Dr.  L.  D. 
Dow,  Nellie,  Mar.  3,  1895,  cert,  wf  Jas.  A.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Dow,  Sallie  H.,  Sept.  4,  1892,  cert,  dau  Dr.  D.  D.,res  Cleveland. 
Dow%  Samuel  W.,  June  5,  1892,  cert,  s  Dr.  L.  D.,  res  Sidney. 
Dow^ning,  Frank  B.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  O.  D.,  res  B,  m.  • 
Driskill,  John  W.,  May  12,  1852,  cert  M.  E.  church,  teacher,  unni, 

res  Cherokee  Run. 
Drew  (?),  Martha  E.,  Aug.  26,  1865,   cert  Paris,   Ky,  trans  Paris, 

Ky.,  Aug.  30,  1868. 
Drummond,  Elizabeth,  Jan.  13,  1837,  cert  Bath,  Green  Co.,  O.,  wf 

John  D.,  res  three  miles  S.  W.  of  B,  d  B,  1846,  ae  ab  25. 
Dunson,  Mary,  Nov.  9,  1862,  cert  Uniontown,  Pa. 
Dushane,  John,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  s  Wm.  L.  D.,  united  with  Disciple 

ch,  res  Plattsburg,  O. 
Durkee,  Alma  J.,  Feb.  21,  1866,  ex,  dau  E.  D.,  res  Columbus,  O.,  m. 
Durkee,  Ebbe,  June  25,  1857,  cert,  s  Mason  D.  of  Pittsfield,  Vt.,  d 

Apr.  5,  1889,  ae  79. 
Durkee,  Mary  C,  Mar.  25,   1858,  cert  fr  Lutheran  ch  B,  teacher, 

dau  Ebbe  D.,  nir  Low  Reynolds,  trans  Owatonna,   Minn.,  d 

Appleton,  Wis.,  Apr.  25,   1899. 
Durkee,  Nancy,  June  25,  1857,  cert,  dau  Alba  D.  of  Potsdam,  N.  Y., 

wf  E,  D.,  d  Oct.  31,  1886  ae  75. 
Durkee,  Persis  E.,  Sept.  3,    1870,   cert,   dau  E.   D.,  trans  Jan.   25, 

1874,  Appleton,  Wis  ,  retd  1875,  res  B,  m. 
Duval,  Elinor,  July  7,  1834,  cert  fr  Greenfield,  dau  Mr.   Moss  of 

Mifflen  Co.,  Pa.,  wf  Sam'l  D.,  d  here  Dec,  1855,  ae  84. 


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Duval,  Samuel,  July  7,  1834,  cert,  Greenfield,  Highland  Co..    O., 

farmer,  d  Fulton,  Ind.,  ab  1858,  ae  84. 
Dye,  Estella,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  wf  Will  D.,  rem  to  W.  Va. 
Earsome,  Mrs.,  May  9,  1900,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Earsome,  Anna  M.,  Sept.  4,  1869,  cert,  dau  Jas.  McCracken,  wf  J. 

M.  E.,  d  Feb.  14,  1888. 
Earsome,  James  Albert,  Mar.  4,  1883,  ex,  s  J.  M.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Earsome,  James  M.,  Sept.  4,  1869,  cert  fr  Champaign  Co.,  s  Robt. 

E.,  d  May  17,  18S1. 
Earsome,  John  Edward,  Mar.  4,  1883,  s  J.  M.  E.,  d  Feb.  24,  1898. 
Earsome,  Nettie  S.,  Dec.  i,  1877,  ex,  dau  J.  M.  E. 


A.  C.  ELLIOTT    AND    FAMILY. 

Earsome,  Willie  M.,  Dec.  i,  1877,  ex,  s  J.  M.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Eaton,  John  H.,  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Eaton  Smyra  A.,  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex,  wf  J.  H.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Edmundson,  Eliza,  Feb.  13,  1832,  ex,  Cherokee,  dau  Robert  E..  d 

unm  ab  i860,  ae  40. 
Edmundson,  Eliza  J.,  see  Eliza  J.  Kerr. 

Edmundson,  Robert,  res  Huntsville,  O.,  d  ab  i860,  ae  ab  50. 
Edmundson,  Jr.,  Robert,  Feb.  13,  1832,  ex. 
Edmundson,  Moses  Smith,  moved  to  B  ab  1850,  d  Clinton,  111.,  ab 

1865,  ae  ab  47. 


202  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY, 

Edmundson,   Dr.  Thomas  K.,   May   15,    1847,  ex,  adm  Cherokee 

Run  ch,  res  Huntsville,  d  ab  1884,  Clinton,  111.,  ae  ab  60. 
Edmundson,  William,  Feb.  13,  1832,  ex,  s  Robt.  E,,  adm  Cherokee 

Run  ch  Sept.  26,  1832,  ex,  res  near  Huntsville. 
Edward,  Robt.  D.,  Mar.  25,   1858,  ex,  trans  Aug.   29,   1861,   Mar- 

shalltown,  Iowa. 
Edwards,  Matilda,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Elliott,  A.  C,  Mar.  4,  1888,  cert,  s  Abraham  E.  of  Logan  Co.,  O., 

res  B,  m. 
Elliott,  Jennie  D.,  see  Jennie  D.  Dickinson, 
Elliott,  A.  Walker,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  res  B^  m. 
Elliott,  Isabella  J  ,  Aug.  3,  1862,  cert  R.  P.  ch,  Marshalltown,  la., 

dau  James  P.  McCoy,  res  B,  m. 
Elliott,  Lizzie,  see  Lizzie  Allmon. 

Elliott,  Lucile,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  A.  C.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Elliott,  Mary,  Mar.  5,  1893,  ex.  res  B,  m. 
Elliott,  Emma  E.,  Apr.  12,  1874,  cert,  trans  1875,  Columbus  Grove, 

Ohio. 
Emerson,  Chas.  A.,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  s  J.  D.  E.,  res  Toledo,  O.,  m. 
Emerson,  George  W.,  Dec.  31,  1882,  cert,  s  of  Moses  E.,  of  Chelsea, 

Vt.,  d  July  26,  1897,  ae  47. 
Emerson,  Harold  B.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex,  s  G.  W.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Emerson,  Joe  Stanley,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  G.  W.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Emerson,  Laura  B.,  see  Laura  B.  Nichols. 
Emerson,  Maria  F.,  June  2,   1866,   cert,  wf  Thomas  Q.   E.,    trans 

Apr.  I,  1867,  Rolla,  Mo. 
Emerson,  Lizzie,  Mar.  i,  1867,  ex,  dau   T.   O.   E.,    trans    Mar.    i, 

1867,  Rolla,  Mo. 
Emerson,  Mary  E.,  July  i,  1883,  cert,  dau  Edward  Allen  of  Phila- 
delphia, (s  of  Benj.  of  Eng. ),  wf  J.  D.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Emerson,  Thomas  Q.,  June  2,  1866,  cert,  trans  Apr.  i,  1867,  Rolla, 

Mo. 
Emery,  Emma  M.,  see  Emma  M.  Kerr. 
Emerj-,  John  R.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,   farmer,   s  of  Jacob  Enier}^  of 

Cambridge,  Pa.,  res  B,  m. 
Emery,  Mame  H.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  Peter  H.  E.,  mr  Frank 

Griffin,  res  B,  m. 
Emer}-,    Mary  E.,    Jan.,    1857,    ex,    dau  Geo.   and  Jane   (McKee) 

Anderson  fr  Lancaster,  Pa.,  wf  Peter  H.  E.,  res  B,  m. 
Emery,  Mary  Luella,  Dec.  4,  1869,  ex,  dau  John    E.,   mr  Jos.  H. 

Wilson,  M.  D.,  res  B,  m. 


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Emery,  Jennie  A.,  Mar.  4,  1876,  ex,  dau  Peter  H.  E.,  res  B,  m. 

Emery,  James,  June  12,  1869,  cert, 
farmer,  s  of  Peter  and  Mary 
(Clements)  E.  of  Cambridge, 
Pa.,  d  Jan.   15,  1882,  ae  ab  66. 

Emery,  Mary  Jane,  Mar.  2,  1873, 
ex,  dau  Arrow  Smith  near 
Urbana,  O.,  wf  Jas.  E.,  d  Dec. 
30,  1883,  ae  ab  55. 

Emerj^  Sarah,  Mar.  22,  1855,  ex, 
dau  of  Geo.  and  Jane  (McKee) 
Anderson  fr  Lancaster,  Pa.,  wf 
John  R.  E.,  res  B,  m. 

Emery,  Peter  H.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex, 
carriage-maker,  s  of  Jacob  E. 


PETER   H.  EMERY. 


of  Cambridge,  Pa.,  d  Aug.  8, 
1865,  ae  37. 

Emery,  Sallie  M.,  Dec.  31,  1882,  ex,  dau  Peter  H.  E.,  mr  Edward 
W.  Patterson,  res  B,  m. 

Emery,  M.  D.,  W.  Clayton,  Dec.  31,  1882,  ex,  s  Peter  H.  E.,  res 
Kenton,  O 

Evison,  Ora  M.,  see  Ora  M.  Hoge. 

Fahlgren,  Fred  W.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 

Fahlgren,  Lina,  Feb.  20,  189S,  ex,  wf  F.  W.  F.,  res  B,  m. 

Fancher,  Ann,  Mar.  21,  1S57,  dau  J.  F.  Fancher.  mr  Jos.  Davis, 
rem  to  Logan,  O. 

Fancher,  Marinda  E.,  Mar.  21,  1857,  dau  J.  F.  F.,  mr  prob  Culber- 
son Elder  Allen,  res  near  Findlay,  O. 

Fancher,  Jane,  May  15,  1847,  ex,  nee  Marquis,  mr  first  Mr. 
Park,  second  J.  F.  Fancher,  d  here  Feb.  25,  1869,  ae  65. 

Faris,  Anna,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  Wm.  D.  F.,  res  B,  m, 

Faris,  Ann,  Jan.  13,  1837,  cert  fr  Forks  of  Wheeling,  dau  Arthur 
Morrison,  wf  Jolin  F. ,  d  here  Feb.  2,  1837,  ae  26. 


Faris  family— William  Faris,  of  Scottish  ancestry,  was  b  in  County  Down,  or 
Antrim,  rem  to  Back  Creek,  Va.,  (now  West  Va., )  in  1763,  d  Aug.  i  or  2. 
1818,  ae  84.  Dorothea,  his  wf,  d  Jan.  3,  1804,  both  buried  at  Forks  of 
Wheeling.  Chn— Tohn,  Adam,  William  and  David.  John,  (s  of  Wm.) 
came  to  America  a"t  age  of  4  with  his  father;  he  mr  Agnes  Stewart.  He 
and  his  brother  were  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  War  of  1812,  elder,  d. 


;  80.  His  wf  d  ae  85;  both  are  buried  at  'Forks  of  Wheeling  They  had 
reive  children  who' had  twelve  large  families,  John,  (s  of  John  of  Wm.) 
b  at  Forks  of  Wheeling  Aug.  8,  1805,  rem  to  near  B  in  1837,  and  d  here  Oct. 
23,  1862.  He  is  father  of  Rev.  Salmon  Coles,  Harvey  Ray,  Mary  Elizabeth, 
William  D.,  John  .Stewart,  Jas.  Arthur,  Andrew  I^owrie  Faris. 


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pre;sbyterian  church  history. 


Fans,  Emma  E.,  see  Emma  E.  Nelson. 

Paris,  Grizilla,  Sept.  i6,  1854,  ex,  dau  John  F.,  mr  1855,  Geo.  W. 
Marquis,  trans,  retd  June  3,    1865,   d  Bellefontaine,  O. ,  Sept. 
4,  1867,  ae  33. 
Faris,  Harvey  Ray,  Jan.  3,   1857,  ex,  s  John  F.,  was  a  member  Co. 
D,  66th  O.  V.  I,,  "in  the  Civil  War,  ae  24,  d  in  1862,  at  Straus- 
burg,  Va. 
Faris,  James  A,,  Mar.  5,  1870,  ex,  s  John  F.,  d  May  30,  1874,  ae  26. 
Faris,  John,  Jan.  13,  1837,   cert  fr  Forks  of  Wheeling,   elder,   mr 
first  Ann  Morrison,   second  Martha   Yates,    d   Oct.  23,    1862, 
ae  56. 
Faris,  John  Stewart,  Nov.  27,  1868,  ex,  s  John  F.,  d  here  Aug.  8, 

1886,  ae  40. 
Faris,  Lowrie  A.,  Mar.  i,  1873,    ex,    s  John  F.,    d  here  Feb.    20. 

1890,  ae  39, 
Faris,  Martha  J.,  Jan  13,  1837,  cert,  nee  Yates,  d  Feb.  20,  1884,  ae  72. 
Faris,  Mary  E.,  Jan  3,  1857,  ex,  dau  John  F. ,  mr  R.  L.  Robb,  M. 

D. ,  d  here  1869,  ae  39. 
Faris,  Sarah  P.,  May  16,  1847,  ex,  wf  Samuel  D.  F.,  trans  Lawr- 
ence, Kan.,  Sept.  10,   1859. 
Faris,    Rosa,   A. ,    Dec.    3,    1882,   cert, 
dau  Abraham  Laport,   wf  W.  D. 
F. ,  res  B,  m. 
Faris,  Salmon  C. ,  Sept.  16,  1854,  ex, 
s  John  F. ,  (see  "Children  of  the 
Church.  ") 
Faris,  Samuel  Davies,  J846,  ex,  s  Wm. 
F.  of  Va.,  trans  Lawrence,  Kan., 
Sept.  10,  1859,  d  Clinton,  Mo. 
Faris,   Wm.    D. ,   Sept.    20,    1861,    ex, 
s  John  F.,  trans  1867  to  Rushsyl- 
vania,  retd  1877,  res  B,  m,  Supt. 
Home  Dept.  of  Sunday-school. 
Farnham,  Wm.   H. ,   Jan  3,    1857,   ex, 
came  f  r  Wooster,  res  Wooster,  O. , 
was  carriage  maker,  now  farmer. 
Fich thorn,   John   A.,    Sept.     i,    1868, 
cert,  Agt.  U.  S.  Express  Co.  here,  d  Jan.,  1893,  ae  ab  50. 
Fichthorn,  Maud,  Dec.  8,  1895,  cert,  dau  J.  A.  F.,  res  B,  m. 
Fichthorn,  Margaret  A. ,  see  Margaret  A.  Niven. 


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Fleming,  Hattie  S. ,  Oct  23,  189S,  cert,  \vf  Wm.  A.  F, ,  res  B,  111. 
Fleming,  Wm.  A.,  Oct.  23,  1898,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Fletcher,  Lizzie,  June  2,  1895,  cert  fr  Pa. ,  lived  in  Pa. ,  m. 
Flickinger,  Edward,  May  r,  1877,  cert,  trans  1878,  Sandusky,  res 

Galion. 
Flickinger,  Emma  H.,  May  i,    1877,   cert,   dau   Mrs.    McColloch, 

trans  1878,  Sandusky,  d  1873,  ae  33. 
Foos,  John,  Mar  5,  1876,  ex,  s  Lewis  F.  of  Middleburg,  res  B,  m. 
Forbes,  Elizabeth  A.,  May  3,  1862,  cert  fr  Unity,  Pa.,  trans  Chero- 
kee, 1863. 
Foster,  Alexander,  Dec.  7,  1899,  ex,  druggist,  res  B,  m, 
Foster,  Laura,  Dec,  8,  1895,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Fowle,  Mary  B. ,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  wf  R.  F. ,  res  B,  m. 
Fowle,  Ralph,  Feb,  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Frazer,  Gilbert  M.,  Mar.  4,  1888,  ex,  fr  Cleveland,  O. ,  s  Morgan 

F.  of  Nashville,  O. ,  res  B,  m. 
Frazer,  Inez,  Mar.  4,  1888,   ex,   dau  James  Morrow  of  N.    Lewis - 

burg,  O.,  wf  G.  M.  F.,  res  B,  m. 
Freer,  Anna  F, ,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  R.  F. ,  res  B,  m. 
Freer,  Emma  L. ,  Mar.  i,  1891,  ex,  dau  R.  F. ,  nir  Preston  Taylor, 

res  Middleburg,  O. ,  m. 
Freer,  Lawrence  Calvin,  Dec.  9,  1888,  ex,  farmer,  s  R.  F. ,  res  B, 

m. 
Freer,  Mary  L. ,  Mar.  7,  1897,  cert,  dau  John  and  Maria  Newell, 

wf  L.  C.  F. ,  res  B,  m. 
Freer,  Nancy  J.,  June  28,   1861,  cert  Zanesfield,   dau  J.   A.   Alex- 
ander, wf  R.  F. ,  res  B,  m. 
Freer,  Richard,  June  28,  r86i,  cert  fr  Zanesfield,   farmer,   d  here 

May  2,  1877. 
Frey,  Emily  Kelsey,   May  3,    1862,   cert  fr  Sidney,    O. ,   dau  Guy 

C.  Kelsey,  wf  John  F. ,  mr  1861,  res  B,  m. 
Frey,  Nettie  Mary,    Apr.    16,    1878,    ex,    dau  John  F. ,    mr  Frank 

Dickinson,  d  1895,  ae  33. 
Fristoe,  John  H.,  Mar.  4,  1894,,  cert  fr  Tiffin,  merchant,  retd  to 

Tiffin. 
Fristoe,  Grace,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert  fr  Tiffin,  retd  to  Tiffin. 
Fuller,  Emily  G.,  Mar.  3,  1877,  ex,  dau  Dr.  S.  W.  F.,   mr  E.   J. 

liowenstine,  1898,  res  B,  m. 
Fuller,   Frances  M, ,  Mar.  3,  1856,   cert  fr  Stoney  Creek  ch,    nee 

Hull,  wf  Dr.  S.  W.  F.,  d  in  B  Feb.  3,  1863,  ae  36. 


2o6  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

FuHer,  Mary  Adelaide,  Mar.  2,   1879.  dau  S.  W.  F. .  mr  Dr.  Fred 

Bell,  res  Aurora,  111. 
Fuller,  Mary  L. ,  see  Mary  L.  Starr. 
Fuller,  Mattie,   Mar.    2,    1867,    ex.    dau  Dr.    F.    mr  Mr.    Marshall, 

trans  Apr.  3,  1877,  to  Gallon,  d. 
Fuller,  Fannie,  F. ,  Sept.  7,  1873.  ex.  dau  Dr.  S.  W.  F. ,  mr  R.  C. 

Bassett  in  Kan. 
Fuller,  Patrick  O.,    Feb.    24,    1867,    ex,    s  Dr.    S.    W.    F. .    rem  to 

Seneca,  Kan.  in  1872. 
Fuller,  M.  D. ,  Seth  W.,  May  3,  1856,  cert  fr  Stoney  Creek  ch,    s 

Seth  and  Hannah  (dau  Coi.  Fisher)  F.  of  Mass.,   physician. 

res  B,  m,  see  chapter,    "Elders." 
Fulton,  M.  D. ,  Abraham,  June  2,  1866.  cert  physician,  s  Benj.  F. 

of  Canonsburg,    Pa.,    see   sketch — S.    S.    Supt. ,    d   Feb.     14. 

1874,  ae  ab  60. 
Fulton,  Lucretia  P.,  June  2,  1866,  cert  fr  Rushsylvania.  dau  W.  H. 

Huntington  of  Zanesville,  O.,  wf  Dr.  A.  F. ,  trans  1883  Topeka 
^  Kan. ,  see  sketch  under  '  'Missions. ' ' 
Fulton,    Mary  M. ,    June  2,    1866,    cert,    dau  Dr.   A.    F.,    mr  Dr. 

Mitchell,  trans  Leavensworth,  Kan.,  1868,  res  Topeka.    Kan. 
Funk,    Cathrine,    Dec.     i,    1877,    cert,    dau    Neddie    Mason,     wf 

Michael  F. ,  d  Mar.  11,  1888,  ae  ab  60. 
Funk,  Sarah,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  trans  Mar.  27,  1859,  Lutheran  ch. 

B,  d. 
Galbreath,  Anna  R. ,  Feb.  27,    1876,   cert,   dau   Rev.    W.    M.    Gal- 
breath,  mr  Edward  Bergen,  trans,  Apr,  1879,  to  Lima,  O. .  res 

near  Lexington,  Ky. 
Galbreath,  John  M. ,  Feb.  24,  1867,  ex.  Lieut,  in  Civil  War,  s  Rev. 

W.  M.  G.,  d  June  8,   1878,  ae  ab  40. 
Galbreath,  Mary,  see  Mary  Bergen. 
Gardner,  Isaac  S. ,  Feb.  8,  1832,  ex,  merchant,  trans  to  M.  E.  ch 

ab  1835,  d  B  Jan.,   1S93,  ae  85. 
Garvin,  Chester  N. ,  June  25,  1900,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Gass,  Alice,  Mar.  8,  1867,  ex,  dau  Samuel  G. ,  d  Apr.  21,  1870.  ae 

ab  18. 
Gibson,  Julia  E.,  Mar.  4,   1876,  ex.  dau  Mr.  G. .  sister  Mrs.  Berry 

Smith  (?),  res  B,  m. 
Giflin,  Stephen,  om,  1828,  fr  Cherokee  ch,   was  originally  fr  Ire- 
land, taught  school  in  a  log  house  located  where  Kingsbury 

&  Crockett's  shop  now  stands,  lived  later  near   Huntsville, 

moved  to  Mich.,  carpenter,  helped  build  the  ch  of  1828. 


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Giffin,  Mary,  Feb.    11,   1832,  ex,  dau  Stephen  G. ,   rem  to  Mich. 

before  rtir. 
Giffin,  Margaret,  om,  1828,  rem  with  husband,  Stephen  G. 
Giffin,  Samuel  W.,  Jan  13,  1837,  cert  fi'  Bath,  Green  Co.,  O.,  prob 
brother  Stephen  G.,  called  "Lord"  G.,  rem  soon. 

Gillmore,  Sarah,  see  Sarah  Stevenson. 
Givens,  Isabella,  see  Isabella  Gunn. 
Glascow,  Mary  C,  Feb.  28,  1888,  cert 
fr  Bellecenter,  d  here  July  i,  1891, 
ae  ab  65. 
Goe,  James  B.,  Feb.  26,  1867,  ex,  s  S. 
W.    and    Margaret    G.,    Maj.    in 
Spanish-American      war,      home 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Goe,  John  G.,  Mar.  2,   1877,  ex,  s  S. 
W.   and  Margaret  G.,   d  July   6, 
1888,  ae  ab  26. 
Goe,  Margaret,  Apr.  14,  i860,  ex,  dau 
John  McLaughlin,  d  here  Dec.  20, 
1878,  ae  51. 
Goe,  S.  Walker,  Apr.   14,   i860,  ex,  d 

here  Nov.  10,  1875,  ae  49, 
Goodlove,  Mattie,  June  13,   1880,  cert 
fr  Rushsylvania,  dau  John  C.  Walter,  dis  Ottawa,  O. 
Goodwin,  Sallie  E,,  see  Sallie  E.  Kennedy. 
Gore,  Lewis  L.,  Nov.  29,  1885,  ex,  s  Lewis  G.,  unm. 
Gere,  Sarah  A.,  see  Sarah  A.  Nelson. 
Goulding,  John,  Sept.  12,  1897,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Goulding,  Ella,  Sept.  12,  1897,  cert,  dau  John  G.,  res  B,  m. 
Goulding,  Ann  J.,  Sept.  12,  1897,  cert,  wf  John  G.,  res  B,  m. 
Graham,  Emma  R.,  see  Emma  R.  McKinnon. 

Grandstaff,  Margaret  J.,  Dec.  10,  1864,  dau and  Nancy  G., 

mr  Henry  Spahr,  trans  to  Baptist  ch,  B,  d  Covington,  Ky. 
Grandstaff,  Nancy,  June  10,  1864,  cert  fr  Mt.  Zion,  Guernsey  Co., 
O.,  dau  Mr.  Sutton,  wf  Mr.  Grandstaff,  trans  Baptist  ch,  B. 
Grabiel,  Jacob,  Oct.  25,  1849,  cert  fr  Rushsylvania,  s  Jacob  G.  of 
Utica,  Licking  Co.,  O.,  trans  Sept.  16,  1858,  to  Rushsylvania, 
d  near  W^alnut  Grove. 
Grabiel,    John,    brother   of  Jacob,    trans   First   Presbyterian    ch, 
Rushsylvania,  Sept.   16,   1858,  d  near  Rushsylvania  Apr.   15, 
1900,  ae  84. 


MRS    WM.  GILLMORE. 


30S  PRKSBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Grabiel,   Margaret,    May    22,    1853,    ex,    sister   John    G.,    nir    Dr. 

Roberts,  moved  West. 
Grabiel,  Mary  J.,  Dec,  4,  1887,  cert,  dau  Zephiniah  Westlake  of 

Union  Co.,  O.,  wf  of  Jacob  G.,  d  1893,  ae  72. 
Grabiel,  Robert,  Mar.  8,  185 1,  cert,  s  John  G.  of  Utica,  O. 
Green,  Mary  Ann,  Mar.  4,  1888,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Hoge  of  Va.,  wf  Reu- 
ben V.  G   d  in  1891  ae  ab  40. 
Gregg,  Harriet,  May  25,  1850,  ex,  dau  Rev.  Geo.  A.  G.,  mr  Jas. 

Akey,  res  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 
Gregg,  Lizzie,  dau  Rev.  Geo.  A.  G.,  mr  Wm.  Mackey,  moved  to 

Linn  Co.,  Kan. 
Gregg,  Maria  C,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  wf  Rev.  Geo.  A.  G.,  mr  second, 

Jos.  A.  Marshall,  d  Joplin,  Mo. 
Gregg,  Roxie,  June  7,   1868,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Olds  of  Vermont,  wf 

Israel  Gregg,  trans  1869  to  Kendleville,  Ind. 
Griffin,  Dr.  A.  E.,  Nov.  29,  1885,  ex,  s  Harry  G.,  of  Hunter,  Green 

Co.,  N.  Y.,  dentist,  in  87th  O   V.  I.  in  the  Civil  War,  trustee 

B  schools  several  times,  res  B,  m. 
Griffin,  Elizabeth,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  dau  Dr.  A.  E.  G.,  res  B,  m. 
Griffin,  Mame  H.,  see  Mame  H.  Emery. 
Griffin,  Clara,  Nov.  29,  1885,  cert,  dau  Shadrack  Reed  of  Danbury, 

Conn.,  wf  Dr.  A.  E  G.,  res  B,  m. 
Griffin,  Sarah  B.,  see  Sarah  B.  Stevenson. 

Grimes,  Elizabeth,  June  17,  1832,  cert,  Laurel  Hill,  Pa,  wf  Jas.  G. 
Grimes,  James,  June  17,  1832,  cert,  Laurel  Hill,  Pa.,  s  Benj.  G.  of 

Maryland,  trans  to  W.  Liberty. 
Grimes,  Frank,  Dec.  5,  1897,  cert,  s  J.  G.,  res  B,  m. 
Grimes,  John,  Dec.  5,  1897,  cert,  s  of  John  G.  of  Fayette  Co.,  Pa., 

bro.  of  James  G.,  res  B,  m. 
Grimes,  Ruth,  Dec.  5,  1897,  cert,  dau  Mahlan  K.  Taylor  fr  Va.,  wf 

J.  G.,  rcb  B,  m. 
Grubbs  Anna,  see  Anna  Sloan. 

Grubbs,  Emiline,  Feb.  12,  1893,  ex,  wf  Ed.  G.,  res  B,  m. 
Gunn,  Isabella,  Oct.   i,   1831,  dau  John  G.,  mr  Mr.  Givens  near 

Roundhead,  O.,  res  near  Kenton,  O. 

Gunn,  John,  a  surveyor  who  came  here  before  1805  fr  Canada,  was  the  pro- 
prietor of  the  first  tavern  here,  located  ab  two  miles  south  of  town.  Was 
agent  for  the  land  on  which  Belleville  was  located  and  its  leading  spirit. 
Was  chairman  of  one  of  the  firsf  meetings  held  in  the  new  Presbyterian 

ch,  to  which  he  was  one  of  the  largest  sulxscribers.     He  mr  Isaliella 

who  d  before  Mar  ,  1.S3S.  Chn — Walter,  John,  Robert,  Mary  Ann;  mr  first. 
Mr  Murray;  second,  Mr.  Marmon,  of  Big  vSprings,  ().;  Maria,  mr  Robert 
McBeth;  Isabella,  mr  Mr.  Givens  of  Roundhead;  and  Margaret. 


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Gunn,  Ann,  see  Ann  Murray. 

Gunn,  John,  Sept.  30,  1831,  ex,  d  in  B  1837-38. 

Gunn,  Meriah,  Sept.  30,  1831,  ex,  dau  John  G.,  mr  Robt.  McBeth, 
rem. 

Gunn,  Isabella,  Sept.  30,  183 1,  ex,  wf  John  G.,  d  B  Mar.,  1838. 

Guy,  Lucy  R.,  Mar.  i,  1867,  cert,  wf G.,  bro.  Chas.  G. ,  rem. 

Gwynn,  Gertie  A.,  Aug.  9,  1877,  ex,  dau  Robt.  and  Mary  A.  G.,  d 
-  unm  Aug.  12,  1877,  ae  20. 

Gwynn,  Mary  A.,  Mar.  13,  1867,  ex,  mr  first  Robt.  Gw3'nn,  sec- 
ond Mr.  Schell,  third  Philip  Herzberg,  d  B  June  14,  1900. 

Gwynn,  Nancy,  Sept.  14,  1837,  cert,  Cadiz,  O.,  dau  Rebecca  Mul- 
len, wf  John  (?)  G.,  d  B  ab  1845,  ae  ab  30, 

Gwynn,  R.  Josephine,  Dec,  i,  1877,  ex,  dau  Robt.  and  Mary  A.  G., 
mr  Wni.  L.  McKee,  d  June  3,  1887. 

Hall,  F.  D.,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  trans  W.  Liberty. 

Hall,  Martha  J.,  Jan.  3,  1857,  cert,  wf  F    D.  H.,  trans  W.  Liberty. 

Hall,  Mary  F.,  Mar.  21,  1857,  mr  G.  Bateman,  trans  1863,  W. 
Liberty. 

Hamilton,  Carrie  A.,  see  Carrie  A.  McCracken. 

Hamilton,  Ernest  M.,  Apr  5,  1887,  cert  fr  Zanesfield,  att'y  at  law, 
s  Jas   G  H.,  res  B.  m. 

Hamilton,  Fred  B,,  Feb.  4,  1900,  ex,  s  J.  M.  H.,  res  B,  m. 

Hamilton,  Harold  E.,  Feb.  20,  1888,  ex,  s  J.  M.  H.,  res  B,  m. 

Hamilton,  John  M.,  Dec.  2,  1871,  cert  fr  Zanesfield,  att'y  at  law,  s 
Jas.  G.  H.,  trans  1872,  Zanesfield,  retd  1880,  res  B,  m. 

Hamilton,  Mabel  Louise,  Nov.  6,  1892,  ex,  dau  J.  M.  H.,  res  B,  m. 

Hamilton,  Alice  N.,  Dec.  2,  1871,  cert,  dau  Jas  G.  H.,  trans  1876, 
Zanesfield,  retd  Mar.  2,  1884,  res  %,  m. 

Hamilton,  Isabella,  Mar.  5,  1893,  cert  fr  Zanesfield,  dau  Jas,  G.  H., 
mr  Wm.  Purdem,  Kokomo,  Ind. 

Hamilton,  Amanda  N.,  Dec.  5,  1897,  cert,  Zanesfield,  dau  Jae.  G. 
H.,  res  B,  m. 

Hamilton,  Isabella,  Dec.  2,  1871,  cert,  dau  John  McLaughlin,  wf 
Jas.  G.  H.,  trans  1872,  Zanesfield,  retd,  res  B,  m. 

Hamilton,  Louisa,  see  Louisa  Kalb. 

Hamilton,  Pauline  B.,  Aug.  26,  1865,  cert,  d  Apr.  3,  1866. 

Hamilton,  Robert  M.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex,  s  E.  M.  H.,  res  B,  m, 

Hamilton,  Willis  R.,  Dec.  2,  1871,  cert,  Zanesfield,  s  Jas.  G.  H., 
trans  1872,  Zanesfield,  retd  ab  1880,  res  Cincinnati. 

Hatnilton,  James  Gillispee,  s  Robt,  H.,  b  Green  Co  ,  O  ,  182S.  came  to  E  lyibcrty 
ab  1S32   present  res  B,  farmer. 


2IO  PRESB /TERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Haminie,  Mary,  Dec.  9,  1888  cert,  trans  to  Wesleyan  Methodist  ch. 

Hammond,  Gertrnde,  res  Toledo,  O.,  m, 

Hancock,  Harriet,  Nov.  26,  1858,  cert,  Mansfield,  ().,  trans  Jan.  30, 

i860,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind. 
Hannum,  Clara,  Mar.  4,  1876,  cert,  d  unm  1888,  ae  38. 
Hannum,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  Mar.  4,  1876,  cert,  res  Altoona,  Pa. 
Harbaugh,  David  L.,  Mar.  i,  1867,  ex,  trans  1869,  to  London,  (9., 

rem  to  Iowa  and  d  there. 
Harner,  Abraham  R.,  Sept.  5,    1885,   cert,  s  John   and    Elizabeth 

(Emery)  H.  an  elder  of  Lancaster  Co  ,  Pa.,  d  Feb.   11,   1891?, 

ae  76. 
Harner,  Chas.  B.,  Nov.  2,  1890,  cert,  Norwalk,  O.,  s  Peter  H.  of 

W.  Liberty,  res  B,  m. 
Harner,  Harry  B.,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  s  A.  R.  H.,  rem  to  Lutheran 

ch,  res  B. 
Harner,  Geo.  S.,  Nov.  2,  1890,  ex,  s  A.  R.  H.,  trans  Rushsylvania 

ch,  res  B. 
Harner,  Helen  H.,  June  4,  1893,  cert  fr  Norwalk,  O.,  dau  Daniel 

Stinchcomb,  wf  Chas.  B.  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Harner,  Gertrude,  Mar.  7,  1897,  ex. 
Harner,  Olivia,  May  14,  1887,  cert,  Millerstown,  Pa.,  wf  A.  R    H., 

res  Philadelphia. 
Plarshfield,  Minerva,  Dec.  23,  1894,  cert,  wf  Oscar  H.,  res  B,  m 
Hartley,  Aaro.i,  Apr.  14,  i860,  ex,  s  Dr.  Hartley,  d  in  Chattanooga, 

Tenn.,  in  1865,  ae  24. 
Hatcher,    Rachel,    dau  James   Byers,    wf   Thos.    H.,    trans    1866, 

Mechanicsville,  Iowa. 
Hatcher,  Thomas,  May  3,  1862,  ex,  fr  Rushsylvania,  tran.s  1866,  to 

Mechanicsville,  Iowa. 
Hawle}',  Clarence  H..  Sept.  4,  1869,  cert,  druggist,  s  H.  H.,  d  Mar. 

26,  1876,  ae  27. 
Hawley,  Harvey,  Sept.  4,  1869,  cert,  druggist,  d  Oct.  4,  1869,  ae  44. 
Hawley,  Lizzie,  Sept.  4,  1869,  cert,  dau  H.  H.,  res  Columbus,  O. 
Hawley,  Anna,  May  28,  1876,  ex,  dau  H.  H.,  res  Columbus,  O. 
Hawley,  Sarah  J.,  Sept.  4,  1869,  cert,  wf  H.,  d  here  Feb.  13,  1878, 

ae  55. 
Hawley,  Wm.  G.,  Sept.  4,  1869,  cert,  druggist,  s  Harvey  II  ,  trans 

1873,  Troy,  O.,  retd  Feb.,  1876,  d  heie  Feb.  20,  1876,  ae  24. 
Hawthorn,  A^nes,  Dec,  8,  1-889,  cert  fr  N.  Y.,  res  B.,  m. 
Hawthorn,  Anna,  Dec.  8,  1889,  cert,  teacter,  dau  Agnes  H.,  resB,  m. 


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Hawthorn,  Christina,  Dec.  8,  1889,  cert,  dau  Agnes  H.,  mr  Dr.  A. 

C.  Wallace,  now  U.  P.  ch,  B. 
Hawthorn,  Eliza  W.,  see  Eliza  W.  McCoy. 

Hayes,  Emma  B.,  Sept.  2,  1882,  cert  fr  N.  J.,  wf  H.  C.  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Hayes,  Henry  C,  Mar.  5,  187 1,  ex,  s  Oden  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Hemphill,  John,  om,  1828,  rem  to  Cherokee  Run  1829,  cert,  thence 

to  Miami  ch,  1835. 
Hemphill,  Mrs.,   wf  John    adm    to    occasional    communion,   om, 

1828,  rem  to  Cherokee  Run  1829.  cert,  thence  to  Miami  ch, 

1835. 
Hemphill,  Lucinda,  see  Lucinda  Park. 
Hemphill,  John  L.,  Apr.  21,  1836,  cert  from  Pleasant  Valley,  O., 

d  ab  1870,  very  old. 
Hemphill,  ij^leanor,  om  Bellecenter  ch,  1852,  wf  John  L.  H.,  adm 

by  cert  fr  Pleasant  Valley,  this  Co.,  d  Bellecenter  ab   i860, 

very  old. 
Henderson,  Anna  Bell,  Sept.  29,  1861,  ex,  dau  Robt.   H.,  mr  Mr. 

Mosgrove  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  trans  Feb.  23,  1866,  res  Mo. 
Henderson,  Levi,  Feb.  28,  1867,  cert  fr  W.  lyiberty,  tinner,  trans 

1870  to  Grass  Lake,  Mich. 
Henderson,  Mary  H.,  Feb.  28,  1867,  cert  fr  W.  Liberty,  wf  L.  H., 

trans  to  Grass  Lake,  Mich,  d  in  Mich. 
Henderson,  Margaret,  Apr.  4,   1847,  cert,  Utica,  O.,  dau  Mr.   De- 

witt  of  Jefferson  Co.,  O.,  wf  Robt.  H.,  rem  Kewanee,  111.,  trans 

1867,  Burns,  111. 
Henderson,  Robert,  Apr.  4,  1847,  cert,  Utica,  O.,  b  Penn.,  elder  in 

Utica  and  B,  d  B  July  8,  185 1,  ae  39. 
Henderson,   Sarah  J.,   Jan.    21,    1858,   ex,   dau  R.   H.,   mr   David 

Anderson  (62),  trans  Burns,  111.,  Dec.  30,  1867,  res  Kewanee,  111. 
Henry,  Emily,  see  Emily  Robb. 
Henry,  George  A.,  Sept.  20,  1861,  ex,  s  Joel  H.,  Geo.  H.  of  Rapi- 

dan,  Va.,  was  father  of  Joel  Wm.  H.,  of  Logan  Co.,  1808,  and 

Nancy  mr  Rev.  Geo.  McColloch. 
Henry,  lola  P.,  Feb.  24,  1878,  ex,  dau  Geo.  H.,  mr  Samuel  Tharp, 

res  near  Zanesfield. 
Henry,  Sarah  Eva,  Sept.  4,  1881,  ex,  dau  G.  A.  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Hieald,  Ruth,  Mar.  12,  1876,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Hieald  of  Wales,  mr  Geo. 

Kerr,  res  B,  m. 
Herzberg,  Mary  A  .  see  Mary  A.  Gwynn. 


212  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  HISTORY. 

Herzberg,  Philip,  Mar.  6,  1881,  ex,  fr  Germany,  d  Feb.  7,  1888,  ae 

ab  50. 
Hitchcock.  Joel,  June    16,   1849,  cert,  oabinet-maker   and   under- 
taker, trans  to  and  d  in  W.  Liberty. 
Hitchcock,  Malta,  June  16,  1849,  cert,  wf  J.  H.,  trans  to  and  d  in 

W.  Liberty. 
HofTner,  Edith,  Dec.  9,  1899,  ex,  d  H.  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Hoffman,  Matilda,  May  2,  1867,  ex,  mr  Mr.  Timberlake,  trans  to 

'  Cincinnati,  O.,  1868. 
Hoffner,  Effie,  see  Effie  McLaughlin. 
Hoffner,  Harry,  Nov.  15,  1885,  ex,  dis  Sidney,  retd  Nov.  16,  1899, 

res  B,  m, 
Hoffner,  Lester  G.,  Dec.  9,  1899,  res  B,  m. 

Hoge,  Estelle,  Feb.  24,  1867,  ex,  dau  Jesse  H.,  mr  J.  Q.  A.  Camp- 
bell, res  B,  m, 
Hoge,  Ora  M.,  Mar.  7,  1875,  ex,  dau  Jesse  H.,  mr  Samuel  Evison 

of  Anderson,  Ind,,  trans  1878,  Anderson,  Ind.,  d  Jan.,  1879,  in 

New  York. 
Hoge,  Solomon  G,,  Mar.  29,  1857,  ex,  trans  Dec.  2,  1894,  Kenton. 
Hollingsworth,  Sallie,  see  Sallie  Smith, 
Holmes,  Anna,  Oct.  23,  1898,  ex,  wf  Chas.  P.  H.,  trans  Cleveland 

Mar.  I,  1900, 
Holmes,  Chas.  P.,  Oct.,  23,  1898,  ex,  trans  Cleveland  Mar.  i,  1900, 
Hover,  John  C,  Mar.  9,  1899,  cert  Huntsville,  s  Geo.,  res  B,  m. 
Hover,  Carrie  S.,  Mar,  9,  1899,  cert,  Huntsville,  O,,  wf  J.  C.  H.,  res 

B,  m. 
Hover,  John,  Feb.  11,  1832,  ex,  fr  Cherokee,  s  of  Peter  of  Mercer 

Co.,  Pa.,  1823,  farmer,  rem  to  Cherokee  Run  1832,  ab  1835  to 

Warsaw,  Ind.,  d. 
Hover,  Lloyd  Henry,  Feb.  20,  1888,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Hover,  Martha,  Feb.  11,  1832,  ex,  Cherokee,  dau  John  H.,  d  1832, 

ae  17. 
Hover,  Jane  N.,  Mar.  4,  1877,  ex,  trans  1881,  to  Wapakoneta,  O. 
Hover,  Margaret,  Feb.  11,  1832,  ex,  fr  Cherokee,  wf  John  H.,  rem 

ab  1835  neer  Warsaw,  Ind. 
Hover,  Margaret  K.,  see  Margaret  K.  McCracken. 
Howard,  Lovina,  Dec.  2,  1883,  cert,  wf  L.  A.  H. 
Howard,  Lysander  A.,  Dec.  2,  1882,  cert,  machinist. 
Howell,  Julia  Ann,  om,  1828,  rem  Cherokee  Run  ch,  1831,  Miami 

ch  1835. 
Howenstine,  Emily  G.,  see  Emily  G.  Fuller. 


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Howenstine,  Martha  Blanche,  Mar.  i,  1891,  ex,  dau  E.  J.  H.,  res 

B,  m. 
Howenstine,  Effie,  see  Effie  Armstrong. 
Howenstine,  E.  J.,  Mar.  5,  1875,  cert,  s  Jacob  H.,  b  (New  Carlisle, 

Pa.,  Bucyrus  1835,  B  1866,  d  1871,  ae  61,)  res  B,  m. 
Howenstine,  Martha,  Mar.  7,  1874,  cert,  dau  Dr.  Samuel  Stough  of 

Gambier,  O.,  mr  Henry  Willis,  trans  1876,  Waterloo,  Ind.,  res 

Waterloo,  Ind. 
Howenstine,  Mary  D.,  Mar.  7,  1875,  ex,  dau  J.  H.  Defrees,  wf  E. 

J.  H.,  d  June  14,  1885. 
Howenstine,  Martha  Ella,  Mar.  6,  1870,  ex,  dau  Jacob  H.,  mr  Alex 

W.  Miller,  second,   G.  W.   Hamilton,  D.   D.,  trans  to  U.   P. 

ch,  B,  res  Piqua. 
Hubbard,  Josephine,  Oct.  23,  1898,  ex,  dau  Thos.  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Hubbard,   Margaret,   Dec.    17,    1851,  cert,   dau   Robt.  Newell,    wf 

Oren  Hubbard,  d  here  Oct.  i,  1857,  ae  65. 
Hubbard,  Martha  Ellen,  Dec.  17,  185 1,  cert,  dau  John  McCracken, 

wf  Wm.  H.,  trans  1867  to  Bucyrus,  retd  Feb.  13,  1876,  d  Dec. 

14.  1897- 
Hubbard,  Mary,  Mar.  25,  1894,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Huber,  Cathrine,  Jan  3,  1857,  ex,  dau  Jos.  H.,  mr  David  Beal,  rem 

to  Ind. 
Huber,  John  M.,  Mar.  21,  1857,  ex,  s  Jos.  H.,  of  Badin,  Ga.,  res  B. 
Huber,  Margaret,  Feb.  2,  1856,  cert  fr  Lutheran  ch.,  dau  Jos.  H., 

mr  Samuel  H.   Apple,  trans  July  11,   1859,   Lutheran  ch,  res 

Bloomington,  111. 
Huber,  Sarah  C,  see  Sarah  C.  More. 

Humphrey,  Cathrine,  nee  Callender,  wf  Joseph  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Humphrey,  Effie,  see  Effie  Allmon. 
Humphreys,  Jane,  Jan.  23,  183 1,  cert  fr  Yellow  Springs,  Green  Co., 

O.,  wf  John  H.,  Jr. 
Humphreys,  Jr.,  John,  Jan.  23,  1831,  cert  fr  Yellow  Springs,  Green 

Co.,  O. 
Huston,  Dr.  Wm.  H.,  Nov.  30,  1872,  cert,  s  Robt.  H.,  of  DeGrafT, 

trans  1874,  Scipio,  Ind.,  and  d  there. 
Huston,  Wm.  H.,  Mar.  14,  1900,  cert,  DeGraff,  res  B,  m. 
Huston,  James,  d  Nov.  29,  1872,  ae  79. 
Huston,  Jane,  June  16,  1849,  cert,  dau  Robt.  H.,  trans  1875,  Spring 

Hill. 
Huston,  Sally,  nee  Campbell,  wf  Jas.  H.,  d  here. 


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Huston,  John  A..  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex,  trans  1877,  Seymour,  Ind. 
Huston,   Nannie  A.,   June   12,    1869,  ex,   dau  Robt.    H.,   mr   Mr. 

Zeigler,  d  Aug    12,  1872. 
Huston,  Senia  L.,  Nov.  30,  1S72,  cert, 

trans  1872,  Scipio,  Ind. 
Huston,  Sarah  J.,  Mar.  14,  1900,  cert, 

DeGraflf,  wf  Wni.  H   H.,  res  B,  m. 
Huston,  Susan  H..  Mar.  14,  1900,  cert. 

DeGrafF,  dau  \V.  H.  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Hu.ston,   Robert,  June    16,    18:9,   cert, 

s  Paul  H    an  elder  of  the  Spring 

Hill  ch,  trans  1875  to  vSpring  Hill, 

O.,  res  Nebraska. 
Hu.ston,  Sarah,  June     16,    1849,    cert, 

dau  Wni.  Campbell,  wf  Robt.  H., 

sister  Jas.  C^tiipbell,    d    in    Neb. 

Dec.  26,  1879,  ae  66. 
Hu.ston,  William  H.,  Feb.  11,  1866,  ex. 

s    Robert,    trans     1868,    Rushs}-!- 

vania. 
Hutchins,    Louisa,    Feb.    27,    1867,    ex,    dau    Thos.    H.,    mr    Mr. 

Hutchins,  d  June  24,  1883,  ae  ab  32. 
Hutchiijs.  Elizabeth  Jane,  Feb.  27,  1867,  ex,  fr  Indiana,  dau  of  Mr. 

vSandford  of  Indiana,  wf  Thos.  L-  H.,  res  B,  m. 
Irian.  Mrs.,  Aug.  21,  1853.  ex,  prob  Arian,  wf  \Vm.  Arian  a  cooper, 

trans. 
Irwin,  Alice  M..   Feb.   24.    1867,   ex,   dau  Geo.   I.,   mr  Rev.   D.   O. 

Ghoruiley,  M  )scow.  Idaho,  see  sketch. 
Irwin.  Elgar  J..  N  n-.  29.  1S85.  ex,   s  Wm..   (s  James  of  Ireland), 

trans  to  Huntsxille,  where  he  lives. 
Irwin,  James,  Au<'2o,  1836,  ex,  d  here  ab  i860. 
Irwin,  George,  Oct.  25,  i  S49.  ex,  fr  Uniontown,  O.,  trans  to  Chero- 

k.;.'  where  he  w  is  made  ruling  elder,  d  in  1859. 
Irwin,    '.  ary,  dau  Samuel  Hover  of  Huntsville,  wf  Bentley  I.,  rem. 
Irwin,  Mary  E.,  Dec.  8,  1895,  cert,  wf  Frank  I.,  res  B,  m. 
Irwin,  Mrs.,  prob  inr  Geo.  I.,  rem  to  Cherokee,  rem   1833,  Miami 

ch  1035. 
Irwin,  vSaraU,  see  vSarah  Watson. 

Jacobs,  Edna,  Mar.  4,  iH)\,  ex,  dau  Robt.  J.,  res  B,  ni. 
Jacobs,  Catharine,  Feb.  20,  1S98  ex,  dau  of  Solomon  Johnston,  wf 

Robt.  J.,  res  B,  m. 


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Jacobs,  Ida.  Feb.  20,  189S,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Smith,  wf  O.  D.  J.,  res  B,  111. 
Jacobs,  Orville  D.,  Feb.  20,  1S9S,  ex,  s  Robt.  J.,  res  B,  m. 

Jamison,  Crosby  M.,  Sept.  2,  1876, 
cert,  s  v^amuel  J.,  trans  1882,  to 
Bucyrus. 

Jami'^on,  Jamts,  Feb.  16.  18^5,  cert  fr 
E.  Liberty,  s  Andrew  and  ^klary 
(INIcFadden)  J.,  of  Monaghan  Co., 
Ireland;  he  was  an  elder  of  the 
H.  Liberty  ch,  d  Apr.  14,  1895, 
ae  87. 

Jamison,  Alice,  Feb.  16,  1885,  dau  J. 
J.,  nir  Jos.  W.  Weaver,  res  B,   m. 

Jamison,  Emma  F.,  Mar.  12,  1876,  ex, 
wf  C.  ^I.  J.,  trans  Bucyrus  1882. 

Jamison,  Elizabeth,  Feb.  16,  1885,  cert, 
fr  E.  Liberty,  dau  Alexander  ]Mc- 
Crary  of  E.   Liberty,  O.,  wf  J.  J., 
d  here  Apr.  6,  1900. 

Jennings.  James  T.,  Feb.  24,  1867,  cert 


^*K. 


JAMES  JAMISON. 


fr  Kenton,  railroad  man,  rem  to  Texas 
Johnson,  Addie,  see  Addie  Miller. 
Johnston,  Catharine.  June  25,  1857,  ex, 

dau  Warren   Harris   fr    Richland 

Co.,    O.,    wf    Robt.    Johnston,    d 

July  25,  1872,  ae  71. 
Johnson,   F.   N.  July   19,  1899,  ^^^^  f^ 

W.  Liberty,  res  B,  m. 
Johnston,   Frank    Case,   Feb.   2,    1898, 

ex,  s  A.  M.  J.,  res  B,  m. 
Johnston,  Frankie  L.,   Dec.   21,    1888, 

ex,  wf  Ben  S.  Johnston,  res  B,  m. 
Johnson,  Jennie  D.,  July  19,  1899,  cert 

fr  W.  Liberty,  res  B,  m. 
Johnston,  Louisa  J.,  Feb.  20,  1898.  ex, 

dau  A.  M.  Johnston,  res  B,  m. 
Johnston,    Mary    A.,    June    14,    1851, 

cert,  wf  Solomon  J.  rem  to  Mich., 

T      J  KLIZ.A.BETH    I.A.MISOX. 

died. 
John.son,  C.  B.,  Mar.  6,  1887,  cert,  wf  C.  B.  J.,   rem  to  Huntsville. 
john.ston,  Ben  S.,  Feb  5.  1888,  s  of  Robt.  F.  (s  William)  J..  resB.  m. 


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Johnston,   Delia.   Feb.  5,    1888,   cert,  dan    R.   V.    Arnett    of    West 

Jefferson,  O.,  wf  Robert  T.  J.,  res  B,  m. 
Johnston,  Sarah  Jane,  Mar.  25,   1858,  dau  Robert  J.,  d  here  unm 

Mar  2,  1872,  ae  34. 
Jones,  Gameliel  B.,  Feb.  11,  1866,  ex,  s  Philander  J.,  trans  1867  to 

Atchison,  Kan.,  d. 
Jones,  Letitia,  Aug.  30,  1856,  dau  Philander  J.,  d  Dec.  7,  1886. 
Jones,  Milton  H.,  Mar.  28,  1875,  ex,  s  Philander  J.,  d  young  Apr. 

27,  1875. 
Jones,  Minnie,  Mar.  2,  1879,  ex,  d  Philander  J.,  res  Denver. 
Jones,  Philander,  Aug.  30,  1856,  cert  fr  Licking  Co.,  O.,  mr  Jane, 

dau  vSamuel  Braden,  d  in  Sandusky,  O.  1899. 
Jones,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  Sept.  29,  1861,  ex,  dau  Ben  B.  McClure,  wf 

Philander  J.,  d  here  ab  1885. 
Jordan,  Clara  Viola,  Sept.  6,  1885,  ex,  dau  Jas.  Jordan,  res  B,  m. 
Jordan,  Mary,  Mar.  13,  1867,  ex,  wf  Jas.  Jordan,  res  B,  m. 
Kalb,  A.  Clem,  see  A.  Clem  Powell. 

Kalb,  Edgar  W.,  Mar.  4,  1888,  ex,  merchant,  s  Dr.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kalb,  Geo.  B.,  Jan.  2,  1881,  ex,  s  Dr.  K,,  physician  Erie,  Pa. 
Kalb,  Lewis  P.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex  s  E.  W.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kalb,  Mary,  Dec.  31,    1882,  ex,  dau  of  Dr.   K.,   mr  Dr.   Richards, 

Jeddo,  Pa. 
Kalb,  Louisa,  Nov.  30,  1872,  ex,  dau  Dr.  K.,  mr  John  M.  Hamil- 
ton, res  B,  m. 
Kalb,    Anna   M.,    1865,    ex,    dau   Jas. 
Stevenson,    wf    Albert    K.,    first 
couple  mr  in  the  new  ch  Dec.  29, 
1874,  trans  1876,   Raymore,   Mo., 
res  Parkville,  Mo. 
Kalb,    Mary   E.,    Dec.    5,     1863,    cert 
fr   Circleville,   dau    of    Geo.    and 
Margaret   Bigham   of    Hamilton, 
Ohio,  wf  of  Dr.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kaler,  Nancy,  June  16,   1832,  cert   fr 
Union  ch,  Rockingham  Co.,  Va., 
prob  wf  John  K.,  rem  to  Cherokee 
Run  1835. 
Kaufman,  Frank  L.  Mar.  2,  1867,  cert, 

s  James  K.,  res  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Kautzman,  Ola  F.,  Apr.  18,  1897.  cert, 
.A.NNA  T.  KKLLER.  dau  Maj.  W.  K.,  res  B,  m. 


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Kautznian,    M,  F.,  Apr.    iS.    i   97,  <lau    Geo.   ]M}ers.   \vf    Maj.   \V. 

K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kautznian,     Worthington,     Apr.      18 
1S97,  cert  fr  Lutheran  cli,  s  Ber 
nard  K.,  Maj    2nd  O.  V.  I.,  Span- 
ish-American War,  res  B,  ni. 
Kaut/inan,  Roy  W,,  Feb,  20,  1898,  ex,  s 

Maj.  W.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kaylor,  Henry,  prob  s  of  John,  Rock- 
ingham Co.,  Va 
Kaylor,  Jane,  wf  of  Henry  K. 
Kaylor,  Mary  M.,  see  Mary   M.  Mc- 

Coid. 
Keller,  Herman  B,,  Apr.  18,  1897,  cert, 

s  R.  B   K.,  res  B,  m, 
Keller,  Ida  A.,    Apr.    18,    1897,    cert, 
dau  R.  B.  K.,  mr  Guy  C,  Odor,  res 
B,  m. 
Keller,  Anna  T.,  Apr,   18,   1897,  cert, 

dau  Mahlon  K.  Taylor,   wf  R.   B.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Keller,  Reuben  B.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  cert  fr  Lutheran  ch,  s  Sebastian 

K  of  Clark  Co.,  O.,  see  "Elders," 
res  B,  m. 
Kemper,  Maggie,  see  Maggie  McCoy, 
Kennedy,  Eliza  G.,  (Dade)   Nov.   29, 
1885,  ex,  dau  Gen.  Robt.  P.  K., 
res  B,  m. 
Kennedy,    Frank    D.,   Aug.  31,    1878, 
cert,  s  J.   R.   K.,  d  July  30,   1894, 
ae  28. 
Kennedy,    Harry   N.,   Nov.   29,    1885, 

ex,  res  B,  m. 
Kennedy,  Isaac  G.,  Sept.,  1889,  cert, 

res  Dayton,  m. 
Kennedy,    Jeannette,    see     Jeannette 

Niven. 
Kennedy,    John    R,,    Aug.    31,    1878, 
cert,  b  in  Askaton,  Co,  Limerick, 
Ireland,    merchant    and     under- 
taker, came  to  Urbana,  O.,  ab  1846,  to  B  ab  1861,  d  Mar,   2, 
1895,  ae  54. 


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JOHN  R,   KENNF.DY. 


Kennedy,  John  T.,  Aug.  31,  1878,  cert,  res  B,  ni. 
Kennedy,  Mary  E.,  see  Mary  E.  Patterson. 

Kennedy,    Mar}-    Jeannette,    Sept.    6. 

1885,  ex,  dau  J.  R.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kennedy,    Emma   C,    Dec.    9,     1891, 
cert  fr  Wabash,  Ind,,  nee  Cowgill, 
wf  Gen    R.  P.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kennedy,  Sallie  E.,  Feb.  24,  1867,  ex, 
dau  W.  G.  K.,  mr  Orrie  Goodwin, 
res  Chicago. 
Kennedy,  William  G.,  Jan.   12,   1850, 
ex,    fr    Hagerstown,    Md.,    mer- 
chant and  banker,  s  Jas.  K.,  elder, 
d  Mar.  5,  1862,  ae  62. 
Kernan,  Katie,  Mar.  12,  1876,  ex,  dau 
James  K,,  mr  Henry  Whitworth, 
d  1898. 
Kerr,  Andrew,  Apr.  i,  1848,  ex,  farmer,  s  of  John  K.,  (15)  d  unm 

Jan,  22,  1895,  ae  74,  res  B,  m. 
Kerr,  Ann  Lou,  Dec.  31,  1882,  ex,  dau  Thos.  h.  K.,  (43)  res  Buff- 
alo, N.  Y. 
Kerr,  Annie  L.,  Feb.  24,  1867,  ex,  dau  James  K.,  (23)  mr  Johnson 

Arnold,  res  Emporia,  Kan. 
Kerr,  Arthur  Roy,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  Robt.  S.  K., 
Kerr,  Bell  M.,  Mar.  5,  1882,  cert,  dau  John  A.  K., 
John  C.  K.,  (37)  d  in  Aurora  ab  1889,  ae  ab  38. 
Kerr,  Bessie  Mame,  June  3,  1899,  ex,  dau  Robt.  S.  K. 
Kerr,  Catharine,  ab  1849,  dau  James  K.,  (17)  mr  Marshall  Odor,  d 

•    B  Jan.  10,  1897,  ae  68. 
Kerr,  Charlotte  E.,  June  3,  1866,  ex,  dau  Kenton  Carter,  wf  David. 

P.  K.,  (61)  res  Rushsylvania. 
Kerr,  Clarissa,  ab  1842,  dau  John  K.,  (15)  d  1847,  ae  ab  24. 
Kerr,  David  M.,  Apr.  i,  1848,  ex,  s  James  K.,  (17)  rem  ab  1848,  to 

Cadiz,  O.,  merchant. 
Kerr,  David  P.,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  s  William  K.,  (18)  res  Rushsyl- 
vania, 
Kerr,  Dora  M,,  Mar.  20,  1885,  ex,  dau  Wm,  Wylie  K.  s  Thomas, 

(24)  mr  Geo.  Maison,  res  B,  m. 
Kerr,  Dr.  John  N.,  June  2,   1877,  cert,   s   John   C.    K.,    (37)    res 
Adrian^  O. 


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Kerr,  Eliza  Jane,  adm  ab  1839,  dau  William  K.,  (18'  mr  Smith 
Edmundson,  d  June,  1850,  ae  31. 

Kerr,  Eliza  Jane,  July  24,  1858,  ex. 

Kerr,  Elizabeth,  Feb.  24,  1866,  ex,  dau  Henry  Stamats  of  Round- 
head, wf  Patterson  R.  K.,  (48)  trans  to  Bellecenter,  res  Lima. 

Kerr,  Elizabeth,  Apr.  21.  1836,  nee  White,  fr  Beach  Springs,  mr 
William  K.,  (18)  d  July,  1837. 

Kerr,  Ella  M.,  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex,  dau  Morrison  K.,  (46)  mr  Philo 
Martin,  res  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Kerr,  En-ma  May,  Mar.  2,  1876,  ex,  dau  Morrison  K.,  (46)  mr  Dr. 
Claj'ton  Emery,  res  Kenton. 

Kerr,  Eva  E. ,  see  Eva  E.  Moore. 

Kerr,  Florence  M.,  Nov.  29,  1885,  ex,  dau  Jos.  W.  K.,  (42)  res 
B,  m. 

Kerr  family — The  Kerrs  here  have  the  following  ancestral  line,  part  being 
traditional,  (i)  Walter  (?)  Kerr  rem  fr  Scotland  ab  1707  to  lyondonderry, 
Ireland,  and  thence  his  sons,  (2)  Robert,  (3)  John  and  (4)  David  all  came 
to  Philadelphia  in  the  spring  of  180S.  All  settled  in  Camden,  N.  J.,  John 
going  to  Ga.  later. 

David,   (a)  second  generation,  moved  to  York,    now   Adams   Co  ,    Pa.,   on    or 

before  1740;  he  married  Isabella ,  who  d   there  in  1759.     Children 

(5)  John,  (6)  Josiali,  and  (7)  George. 

John,  (5)  third  generation,  (s  of  David)  born  ab  1715,  married  Martha , 

res  near  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  d  there  1759  leaving  children,    (8)    George,    (9) 
William,  (10)  John,  (11)  Samuel,  (12)  James,  (13)  Thomas,  (14)  Andrew. 

James,  (12)  fourth  generation,  (s  John  of  David)  born  1752,  mr  Agnes  Canick, 
tailor,  elder,  moved  fr  Gettysburg  to  Short  Creek  Tp.,  Harrison  Co.,  O., 
1805,  d  1825,  Mrs.  Agnes  d  1S36,  ae  84.  Children,  (15)  John,  (16)  Mary,  (17) 
James,  (18)  William,  (19)  Martha,  (20)  Jane,  (21)  Eliza,  (22)  Samuel. 

John,  (15)  fifth  generation,  (s  James  of  John  of  David)  b  1777,  mr  first  Rachel 
McKee.  second  Martha  Wylie,  shoemaker,  came  here  1836,  d  1842,  ae  65 
Children,  (23)  James,  mr  Jane  McCracken;  (24)  Thomas,  mr  Nancy 
Cobain  (31);  (25)  Susan,  mr  Samuel  Cobain;  (26)  Nancy,  (27)  John,  mr 
Mary  Rallard;  {28)  Mary  Jane,  (29)  Andrew,  (30)  Clarissa. 

Mary,  (16)  (dau  James  of  John  of  David),  mr  John  Cobain,  children,  (31) 
Nancy,  (32)  John,  (33)  Mary,  (34)  Samuel,  (35)  Rachel,  (36)  Jane. 

James,  (17)  (s  James  of  John  of  David),  b  Nov.,  1778,  mr  first  Catherine  Duflf, 
second  Martha  Morrison  who  d  1895,  ^^  95>  d  1846,  ae  67,  farmer,  elder. 
Children,  (37)  John  C,  (38)  James  D.,  (39)  William,  (40)  George,  (41) 
Margaret,  mr  Jos.  Stevenson;  (42)  Joseph  W.,  mr  Mary  A.  Collins;  (43) 
Thomas  I,.,  mr  Mary  McCracken;  (44)  David  M.;  by  second  wf,  (45)  Catha- 
rine, mr  Marshall  Odor;  (46)  Morrison,  mr  Mary  Mcl^aughlin;  (47)  .Samuel, 
(48)  Patterson  R.,  mr  Elizabeth  Stamats;  (49)  Robert  S.,  mr  Mary  Niven; 
(50)  Wylie,  died  young;  (51)  Jennie. 

William,  (18)  (s  James  of  John  of  David),  b  1883,  mr  first  Elizabeth  Carnick, 
first  cousin;  second  Belsy  White,  third  Susan  Anderson,  d  here  1852,  ae  69. 
Children,  (52)  Molly,  (53)  Samuel,  (54)  Nancy,  mr  Samuel  Cobain  (34); 
(55)  Margaret,  (56)  James,    (57)    Eliza   Jane,    mr   Smith   Edmundson;   by 

second  wf,  (58)  Thomas  W.,  mr  Samantha ;  [59]    William   P.,    mr 

Hettie  Dailey;  [60]  John  K.,  mr  Nancy  Nelson;  [61]    David   P.,    mr   Char- 
lotte Carter;  by  third  wf,  [62]  Mony  A. 

Martha,  [19]  mr  Thomas  Morrow. 

Jane,  [20]  mr  David  Duff. 

Elizabeth,  [21]  mr  William  Yates.  Children,  Mary,  Andrew,  Martha  and 
Nancy. 

Samuel,  [22]  mr  first  Ann  Smith,  second  Agnes  Hamilton.  Children,  Rev. 
Robert,  Ellen,  Joseph,  Nancy,  Mary,  James  (f  of  Rev.  David  R.,)  Sarah, 
Margaret,  Rev.  Samuel  and  Thomas  A. 


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GEORGE    KERR. 


Kerr,  George,  Sept.  i.  1SS9.  cert,  s  James  K.,  (40)  res  B.  m. 

Kerr.    Harry   S.,   Nov.    i,    1885,   ex,   s 

Robt.  S.  K.,  (49)  res  ?>,  m. 
Kerr,   James,    Apr.    21.    1836,    cert    fr 
Beach  Springs,  Harrison  Co.,  O., 
s  James  K.,  (12)  d  Aug.  30,  1846, 
ae  67,  elder. 
Kerr,  Jam- s,  ab  1H38,  s  John   K.,  (15) 

d  Oct.  3.  1888,  ae  81. 
Kerr.  James,  ab  1840,  s  Win.  K  .  (18) 

d  Aug.  :o.-  1846,  ae  6'-. 
Kerr,  James,  Jan.  12,  1850,  crt. 
Kerr.  James  D.,   Mar.   5,    1882,   s  Jos. 

W.  K  ,  (42)  res  B,  m. 
Kerr,   Jane,   Jan.    12,    1850,   cert,    dau 
John    McCracken,    (2)    wf   James 
K.,  (23)  d  B  Apr.  22,  1888,  ae  69. 
Kerr,  Jennie,  adm  1862,  d.iu  James  K., 
(17)  res  B,  m. 
Kerr,  John,  adm  Apr.  i.  183S.  cert  fr  Beach  Springs,   s  James  K.. 

( 12)  d  Aug.  15,  1842,  ae  65,  farmer. 
Kerr,  John,  May    22,    1853,    ex,    rem 

Clinton,  111  ,  Oct.  10.  1859. 
Kerr,  John,  adm  ab  1840,  s  (15),  res 
3  miles  north  of  B,  d  Sept.  6,  1899. 
Kerr,  John  A.,  Dec.    22,    1854,    ex,    s 
Thomas  K.,  (241  d  Bloomington, 
111.,  1897,  ae  62. 
Kerr,  John  Knox,   Mar.   25,    1850    ex, 
s  Wm.  K.,  ( 18)  d  B  vSept.  24,  1894, 
ae  66,  farmer. 
Kerr,  Joseph  W.,   (42)   Dec.   2,    1898, 
cert    fr    Huntsville,     had    joined 
Cherokee  ch  1845,  res  B,  m. 
Kerr,  Martha,  Apr.  21,  1836,  cert,  nee 
Morrison,    wf  James   K.,    (17)    d 
here  Mar.  19,  1895. 
Kerr,  Mary  L.,  (62)  Jan.  3,    1857,   ex, 

d  Wm.  K.,  (18)  d  unm  B  Feb.  27,  1879,  ae  43. 
Kerr,  Margaret  B.,  Mar.  2,  1879,  ex,  dau  Morrison  K.,  (46    mr  Dr. 
Babcock,  d  BufiFalo,  Mar.,  1894,  ae  2^. 


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Kerr.  Martha,  Apr.  21,  1836,  cert,  nee  Wiley,  wf  of  John  K.,  (15) 

d  Nov.  8,  1851,  ae  67. 
Kerr,  Martha  M.,   Dec.  22,   1854,  ex,  dau  Thos.  W.  K.,   (58)  nir 

Geo.  Wood,  trans  Clinton,  111.  and  d  there  Sept.  27,  1859. 
Kerr  Mary  Ann,  ab  1845,  dau  James  Collins,  mr  Jos.  W.  K.,   (42) 

d  here  Jan.  28,  1896,  ae  70. 
Kerr,  Morrison,  Aug.  19,  1848,  ex,  s  James  K.,  (17)  rem  to  Buffalo 

ab  1H83,  commission  merchant. 
Kerr,  Mary  Jane,  adm  ab  1842,  dau  John  K.,  (15)  d  ab   1844,  unm. 


MORRISON  KERR. 


Kerr,  Mary  Ann,  June  12,  1852,  dau  John  McCracken,  (2)  mr 
Thomas  L.  K.  (43)  1850,  d  Dec.  4,  1891,  ae  61. 

Kerr,  Marj%  June  12,  1852,  cert,  dau  John  Mclyaughlin,  mr  Mor- 
rison K.,  (46)  d  Buffalo  Mar.,  1898,  ae  65. 

Kerr,  Mary  A.,  see  Mary  A.  Niven. 

Kerr,  Selina,  May  26,  1880,  cert,  dau  Silas  Ballard  of  Mason,  War- 
ren Co.,  O.,  mr  Wm.  Wylie  K.,  (s  Thomas  K.  24)  res  B,  m. 

Kerr,  Nancy,  Apr.  21,  1836,  cert  fr  Beach  Springs,  dau  John 
Cobain,  (see  No.  16)  wf  Thomas  K.,  (24)  rem  Cherokee  Run 
ch  1837,  d  Feb.  10,  1850,  ae  47. 


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Kerr,  Nancy,  ab  1838,  dau  John  K.,  (15)  d  here  1869,  unni,  ae  6S, 

Kerr,  Nancy  C.  see  Nancy  C.  Nelson. 

Kerr,  Patterson  R.,  Dec.  22,   1854,  cert  Martinsburg,  O.,  s  James 

K.,  (17)  trans  1870,  Bellecenter,  O.,  res  Lima,  O 
Kerr,  Rachel  Ann,  Mar.   21,   1857,  ex,  dau  Thomas  K.,    (24)  res 

B,  m. 
Kerr,  Robert  S.,  Jan.   3,    1857,  ex,  sheriff,  s  James  K.,    (17)   res 

B,  m. 


ROBERT    S.    KHRK. 


Kerr,  Ruth,  see  Ruth  Hieald. 

Kerr,  Samantha  J.,  Apr.  18,  1852,  cert,  wfThonias  \V.  K.,  (58)  d  ab 

1891,  ae  ab  69, 
Kerr,  Sarah  R.,  Dec.  2,  189-,  cert,  dau  Jos.  W.  K.,  (42)  res  B,  m, 
Kerr,   Susanah,   Apr.    21,    1836,    dau   John    K,    (15)    mr   Samuel 

Cobain,  rem  to  Allen  Co.,  d  in  spring  of  1882,  ae  71. 
Kerr  Susanah,  nee  Anderson,  \vf  Wm.  K.,   (18)  d  June  27,    1883, 

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Kerr,  Thomas,  Apr.  21,  1836,  cert  fr  Beach  Springs,  farmer,  s  John 

K.,  (15)  d  Huntsville  Jan.  26,  1848,  ae  39. 
Kerr,  Thomas  Lorimer,  ab  1846,  s  James,  K.,  (17)  rem  to  Buffalo, 

N.  Y.,  ab  1873,  commission  merchant. 
Kerr,  Thomas,  Jan.  12,  1850,  ex. 
Kerr,  Thomas  W.,  carpenter,  soldier  in  Civil  War,  s  Wm.  K.,  (18) 

d  in  Oscalosco,  Iowa,  July  4,  1863,  ae  38. 
Kerr,  Sr.,  William,  Apr.  21,  1836,  cert  fr  Beach  Springs,  s  James  K., 

( 12)  d  Dec,  1882,  ae  69. 
Kerr,  William,  June  16,  1849,  ex,  s  James  K.,  (17)  rem  to   Harris- 

ville,  O.,  d  there  in  1866,  ae  51. 
Kerr,  William  P.,  June  16,  1849,  ex,  s  Wm.  K.,  (18)  trans  M.   E. 

ch  in  Oct.,  1863,  res  Huntsville. 
Kerr,  Wm.   Sprague,   Mar.   4,    1876,  ex,  s  Morrison  K.,   (46)    res 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Kerr,  Wm.  Wylie,  June  3,  1865,  ex,  s  Thomas  K.,  (24)  res  B,  m.^^ 
Keys,  Mary  E,,  Jan.  30,  1863,  ex,  d  1863. 
Kinnan,  Martha,  see  Martha  McBeth. 
Kirk,  Sarah  M.,  see  Sarah  M.  Moore. 
Kirkpatrick,  John,  Mar.  8,  1851,  cert  fr  Guernsey  Co.,  O.,  d  here 

Sept.  II,  1857,  ae  82. 
Kirkwood,  John,  om,  1828,  s  David  K.,  trans  to  Christian  ch,  res 

near  W.  Liberty. 
Kirkwood,  Margaret,  om,  1828,  wf  John  K.,  res  near  W.  Liberty. 
Kirkwood,  Sarah,  om,  1828,  wf  Wra.  K.,  res  near  W.  Liberty. 
Kirkwood,  William,  om,  1828,  s  David  K.  of  Ireland,  trans  West 

Liberty  ch. 
Kloepfer,  Lulu  M.,  Apr.  12,  1896,  ex,  dau  C.  F.  Martin,  wf  W.  H. 

K.,  res  B,  m. 
Kloepfer,  Wm.  H.,  Apr.  12,  1896,  ex,  fr  DeGraff,  s  Jacob  K.,  res 

B,  m. 
Knapp,  Barbary,  see  Barbary  Shepherd. 
Knight,  Florence  A.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  of  Harald  E.  K.,  res 

B,  m. 
Knight,  Bessie  E.,  Feb.  3,  1895,  ex,  dau  Harald  E.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Knight,  Annie  E.,  Dec.  i,  1884,  cert,  dau  Edward  H.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Knight,  Maria,  Dec.  7,  1884,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Richards  of  Cincinnati, 

wf  Edward  H.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Knight,  Sarah  A.,  Oct.  20,  1878,  ex,  dau  Edward  H.  K.,  res  B,  m. 
Knox,  John,  Mar.  2,   1867,  ex,  s  Nathaniel  K.,  trans  1874,  Ells- 
worth, Kan.,  res  Olympia,  Wash. 


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Knox,  Charlotte,  Dec.  14,  1851,  cert,  dau  Rebecca  W.   Dewitt,  wf 
Nathaniel   K,,    trans    1874,    Ellsworth,    Kan.,    res    Olympia, 
Wash. 
Knox,  Nathaniel  Mar.  3,  1870,  ex,  fr  W.  Liberty,  d  Mar.  16,  1870. 
Kramer,  Frank  E.,  Dec.  8,  1895,  ex,  s  Henry  K.,  res  L/ima,  m. 
Kramer,  Lulu  M.,  Mar,  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  Henry  K,,  res  Lima,  m. 
Kramer,  Carrie  D.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  Henry  K.,  res  Lima,  m. 
Kramer,   Mina,   Dec.    18,   1892,   cert,    wf  John   K.,    res   Rushsyl- 

vania. 
Koons,  Hannah  J.,  see  Hannah  J.  Stevenson. 
Lake,  Lottie,  see  Lottie  Swan. 

Lamb,  James,  Mar.  14,  1833,  cert  fr  Rocky  Springs,  O.,  s  Samuel 
L.,    fr   Lamb's   Lock    Nonagae    near    Dublin,    Ireland,    rem 
Warsaw,  Ind.,  farmer,  d,  ae  84. 
Lamb,  John  Delos,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  s  Robt.  L.,  res  B,  m. 
Lamb,  John  Holliday,  Mar.   14,   1833,  cert  fr  Rocky  Springs,  O., 
s  Samuel  L-,  (see  above)  wagon-maker  and  blacksmith,  d  here 
ae86. 
Lamb,  Nannie  E.,  Sept.  6,  1873,  ex,  dau  John  H,  L.,  res  B,  m. 
Lamb,  Mary  S.,  Feb.  29,    1868,  cert,  dau  Col.   Robt.   Shannon  of 
Piqua,  O.,  wf  Robt.  L.,  res  B,  m. 

Lamb,  Nancy,  Mar.  14,   1833,  cert,  fr 
Greenfield,  O.,  dau  Samuel  Duval 
of  Mifflin  Co.,  Pa.,  wf  John  H.  L. 
d  Sept.  14,  1871,  ae  65. 
Lamb,  Sarah,  Mar.   14,   1833,  cert   fr 
Greenfield,  O.,  dau  Samuel  Duval 
of   Mifflin  Co.,  Pa.,  wf  of  James 
L.,  d  Warsaw,  Ind,  ae  70, 
Lamb,  R.  Delmar,  Mar.   i,   1885,  ex, 

rem  to  M.  E.  ch. 
Lamb,   Robert,    Feb.   27,   1867,   ex,   s 
of  John  H.  L.,  President  People's 
National  Bank,  res  B,  m. 
Lamb,  Sarah,  Feb.  2,   1856,  cert,  dau 
John  H.  L.,  mr  Caleb  Reams,  rem 
May  25,  1858,  to  Urbana,   111.,   d 
there  in  fall  1862,  ae  24. 
Lane,  Wm.,  Mar,  3,  1895,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Larue,  Obed,  Apr.  12,  1830,  cert  fr  Burlington,  O, 
La>yrence,  Caroline  V.,  Mar.  4,  1900,  ex,  dau  John  M.  L.,  res  B,  m. 


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Lease,  Joseph  M.,  Feb.  20,   1898,   cert,   s  of  Geo.   Lease  of  Belle- 
center,  res  B,  m. 
Lease,  Lela  R.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  Joseph  M.  L.,  res  B,  m. 
Lease,  Mary,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  dau  Jacob  Sessler  of  Bellecenter, 

wf  Joseph  M.  L.,  res  B,  m. 
'  Lee,  Alfred  E.,  June  i,  1890,  ex,  s  Jason  L.,  d  in  Chicago  Mar. ,  1899. 
Lee,  Elizabeth  P.,  Mar.  25,  1858,  ex,  trans  Mar.  30,  i860,  St.  Louis. 
Lee,  L.  D.,  Dec.  8,   1889,   cert,   dau  Mr.    Dysert   of  Urbana,    res 

Union  City. 
Lemen,  Carrie  May,  Nov.  29,   1885,  ex,  dau  Dr.  Lemen,  mr  Dr. 

Stough,  res  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 
Lemen,  Hattie,  Mar.  29,  1885,  cert,  dau  David  W.  McCracken,  wf 

Dr.  Lemen,  res  B,  m, 
Lenox,  Charlotte,  see  Charlotte  Knox. 
Lindsley,  Charles  H.,  Sept.  2,  1883,  ex,  moved  to  Passedena,  Cal., 

res  Stockton,  Cal. 
Lindsley,  Carrie  W.,  see  Carrie  W.  Bartram. 
Lindsey,  Annie  M.,  see  Annie  M.  Stover. 
Lindsey,  John,  June  25,  1857,  cert,  s  Wm.  Lindsey,  trans  Aug.   10, 

1858,  Rushsylvania,  d  ab  1898,  ae  89. 
Lindsey,  Sarah,  Feb.  2,  i§56,  cert  fr  Ross  Co.,  O.,  wf  Robt.  Lind- 
sey, trans,  d  here  Mar.  17,  1858,  ae  72. 
Lindsey,  Rachel,  June  25,  1857,  cert,  dau  Wm.  Walker,  wf  J.  L. 

disc  Aug.  10,  1858,  d  Apr.  7,  1891,  ae  80. 
Lippencott,  Carrie,  see  Carrie  McCracken. 
Lippencott,  Robt.  S.,  Mar.  7,  1899,  res  B,  m. 
Lloyd,  Dina,  May  3,  1856,  cert  fr  W.   Liberty,  O.,   (fr  Wales)  wf 

Robt.  L.,  trans  Dec.  4,  1858,  to  West  Liberty. 
Lloyd,  Robert,  May  3,  1856,  cert  fr  W.  Liberty,   (fr  Wales)   trans 

to  W.  Liberty,  Dec.  4,  1858,  d  Granville,  Licking  Co.,  O. 
Lloyd,  Susan  J.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau  Robt.  L.,  trans  to  W.   Liberty 

Dec.  30,  1858,  res  Granville,  Licking  Co.,  O. 
Lockhart,  Clara,  Jan.  15,  1899,  cert,  wf  Emery  L.,  res  B,  m. 
Loof borrow,  Frank  G.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  Dr.  G.  W.  L.,  rem  to 

Chicago. 
Loofborrow,  Mattie  E.,  Mar.  4,   1888,  ex,  dau  Dr.   Geo.  W.  and 

Augusta  (Johnston)  L,,  rem  to  Chicago. 
Lombard,  Elizabeth,  see  Elizabeth  M.  Niven. 
McBeth,  Alexander,  Feb.  13,  1832,  ex,  fr  Zanesfield,  dis  to  Xenia, 

O.,  Jan  24,  1839,  later  moved  west. 
McBeth,  Mrs.  Feb.  13,  1832,  ex,  wf  A.  McB. 


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PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORV 


McBeth,  Martha,  June  3,  1865,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Shepherd,  mr  first, 
Matthew  IVIcBeth,  second,  John  Kinnan,  trans  1867,  Ft.  Wayne, 
Ind. 
McBeth,  Robert  R.,  Mar.  21,  1857,  ex,  trans  Oct.  12,  1858,  Hebron, 

111. 
McBride,  Alva,  Apr.  i,  1848,  ex,  res  W,  Liberty. 
Mackey,  Rachel  E.,  see  Rachel  E-  ^Morrison. 
McClay,  Elijah,  June  16,  1832,  ex,  s  Chas.  McC,  res  in  Mad  River 

Valley  near  W.  Liberty,  d  ab  1880,  ae  ab  65. 
McClay  Eliza  Ann,  Nov.  7,  1862,  cert. 
McClure,  Caroline,  Mar.  30,  1861,  ex,  dau  Wm.  McClure  mr  Judge 

John  A.  Price,  trans  Apr.  5,  1876,  to  M.  E.  ch,  B. 
McClure  Lydia  A,  F.,  Aug.  4,  i860,  cert  fr  Dayton,  trans. 
McConnell,  Marion,  Dec.  6,  1896,  cert,  res  Cleveland,  m. 
McCormick,  Jane  S.,  see  Jane  S.  Nelson. 

McCormick,  J.  D.,  June  28,  1861,  cert  fr  DeGraff,  s  John  (?)  McC, 
elder  at  Huntsville,  trans  Cherokee. 

McCormick,  J,   Frank,  Jan.    17,    1886, 
cert,  s  M.   H.   McC,   res  Indian- 
apolis. 
McCormick,  Laura  Belle,  Nov.  i,  1885, 
ex,  dau  Mr.  Hearst,  adopted   by 
Aunt  Jane  McC,  res  Lima,  O. 
McCormick,  Mary  E.,  May  27,   1878, 
cert,  dau  Jos,  McC  fr  Ireland,  mr* 
1855,  M.  H.  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCormick,  Carrie,  May  31,  1879,  ex, 
dau  M.  H.  McC,  mr    Dr.  G.  A. 
Rowe,  res  Buffalo,  N,  Y. 
McCormick,      Matthew      Henderson, 
May  27,  1878,  cert  fr  Pa.  in  1862, 
teacher,     county     surveyor     and 
township  clerk,  d  Feb.   14,   1899, 
ae  76. 
McCormick,  Samuel,    Aug.    19,    1848, 
cert  fr  Dearfield,  O.,  rem  ab  1851,  Cal.,  d  there  ab  1S63,  ae  ab48. 
McCormick,  Jane,  Jan.  22,  1831,  ex,  on  Cherokee  Run  ch  list  Jan. 
I,  1831. 


MARY   E.    M'CORMICK. 


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MATTIiEW    H      M'CORMICK. 


McCormick,  Jane,  Aug.  19,  1S48,  cert  fr  Dearfield,  O.,  dau  Arthur 

Morrison,  wf   Samuel   McC,    res 
B,  m. 
McCormick,  Nannie  A.,  Jan.  17,  1886, 

cert,  wf  I.  F.  McC. 
McCormick,  Wm.  L.,    Nov.    i,    1885, 
ex,  s  M.  H.  McC,  d  in  Cleveland, 
O.,  1898. 
McCoy,     Eliza    W.,     mr    first,     John 
McCoy,  second    Mr.  Hawthorne, 
rem  to  Hawthorne,  Oklahoma. 
McCoy,  James  P.,    Aug   8,    1829,    ex, 
came  fr  Cal.  to  Logan  Co.  in  1819, 
s    Daniel    and     Margaret     Parks 
McC,  d  here  Nov.,   1840,  ae   62, 
Daniel  b  Ireland  ab  1745,  came  to 
America  when   ten,  mr  ab    1770, 
sister    of     Ivieut.     James     Parks, 
came  to   Ohio   prob    1806,  where 
the  Parks'  tract  of  land  was  located  and  granted  which  brought 
Rev.  Thos.  Marquis  here  and  the  latter's  son-in-law.  Rev.  Jos. 
Stevenson.     Daniel  d   1828,  ae  ab 
81,  Mrs.  Margaret  d  ab   1823,  ae 
ab75. 
McCoy,  Maggie,  June  i,  1890,  ex,  dau 
Daniel  McCoy,  mr  Madison  Kem- 
per, res  B,  m. 
McCoy,  Eliza  A., Nov.  9,  1862,  certfr  P. 
ch,  Sparta,  111.,  dau  Wm  White, 
wf  Daniel  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCoy,  Nancy,  om,  1828,  om  of  Cher- 
okee Run  ch,   May   i,    1827,   dau 
David  Sutherland  fr  Scotland,  wf 
James  P.  McC,  d  ab  1876,  ae  85. 
McDaniel,     John,      Norwalk,      Mus- 
kingum Co.,  O. 
McElree,  Mary  E.,  Mar.  6,   1876,  ex, 
dau  Wm.  JVIcElree,    Bolivar,  Mo. 
McElree,  Eliza  Jane,  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex, 
dau  Geo.  Anderson  fr  Lancaster,  Pa. 
Bolivar,  Mo. 


JANE   M.    M'CORMICK. 


wf  Wm.   McE>,  rem  to 


230  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 

McElree,  Wm.  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex,  res  Bolivar,  Mo. 

McGill,  S.  Agnes,   June  6,   1886,    ex,    dau   Mr.    Elliott,    wf   Wni- 

Cordrey,  res  B,  m. 
McGinnis,  Elizabeth,  Nov.  25,  i860,  cert  fr  M.  E.  ch,  Lafayette,  O  , 

wf  Isaac  C.  McG.,  trans  1868,  Shelby ville  111. 
McGinnis,  D.  D.  S.,  Isaac  C,  Jan  16,  1859,  ex,  trans  1868,  Shelby- 

ville.  111. 
McGowan,  Robert  P.,  May  3,  1856,  ex,  cousin  of  Edward  Patter- 
son, rem  ab  1858,  to  Moree  House,  Dungannon,  Ireland. 
Mcllvain,  Carrie  E.,  Apr.  2,  1878,  cert,  dau  Ebenezer  Reed,  wf  T. 

O.  McI.,  trans  1879,  Delaware,  O. 
Mcllvain,  Jane,  May  25,  1850,  ex,  dau  James  McI.,  mr  Albert  Royer, 

cousin  John  McI,,  res  B. 
Mcllvain,  John  A.,  June  10,  1859,  cert  fr  Huntsville,  s  Wm.  McI., 

d  July  13,  1896. 
Mcllvain,  Margaret  E.,  June  10,  1859,  ^^^^  Thos.  Wishert,  wf  John 

McI.,  d  Feb.  24,  1892. 
Mcllvain,  Ella  C,  Mar.  6,  1876,  ex,  dau  John  McI.,  d  unm  July  26, 

1890. 
Mcllvain,  Nancy,  June  11,  1831,  cert  fr  Washington,  Guernsey  Co., 

O.,  given  cert  of  dis  Oct.  5,  1835. 
Mcllvain,  T.  O.,  Apr.  2,  1878,   ex,  s  John  McI.,   res  Huntington, 

Ind. 
McKee,  Gertrude  H.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  W.  L.  McK.,  res  B,  m. 
McKee,  Isabella,  Nov.  12,  1833,  cert,  wf  James  C.  McK.,  retd  to  Pa. 
McKee  James  C,,  Nov.  12,  1833,  cert  fr  Pa.,  lived  7  miles  south  of 

B,  McKees  Creek,  retd  to  Pa. 
McKee,  Luella  F.,  see  Luella  F.  VanEaton. 
McKee,  Mary  G.,  Feb.  20.  1898,  ex,  dau  W.  L.  McK.,  res  B,  m. 
McKee,  Wm.  L.,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  s  Horace  G.  McK.,  res  B,  m. 
McKinnon,  Henry,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  Daniel  McK.  of  Clark  Co., 

O.,  res  B,  m. 
McKinnon,  Emma  R.,  Mar.  5,   1871,  ex,  dau  of  Dan'l  McK.,  of 

Clark  Co.,  O  ,  wf  R.  A.  Graham,  trans  1872,  Huntsville,  res 

Bellecenter,  O. 
McKissick,  Sarah  J,,  Jan  3,  1857,  ex,  trans  1857  to  Baptist  ch  in  111. 
McLain,  N.  Jennie,  Feb.  5,  1868,  cert,  dau  Mr.  McL.,  (his  mother 

mr  second.  Rev.  Galbraith)  trans  1873,  Urbana. 
McLaughlin,  Aaron,  Sept.  3,  1865,  ex,  s  James  B.  MoL.,  trans  1872, 

Tipton,  Ind. 
McLaughlin,  Charles,  Jan  30,  1863,  ex,  s  Jas  B.  McL.,  res  B,  m. 


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231 


McLaughlin,  Calvina,  see  Calvina  McColloch. 

McLaughlin,  Burleigh,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  s  Jas.  B.  McL.,  res  Marys- 

ville,  O. 
McLaughlin,  Charles  A.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  Judge  McL.,  res  B,  m. 
McLaughlin,  Ed.  McC,  June  i,  1867,  ex,  s  Robt.  McL.,  trans  1872, 

U.  P.  ch,  B. 
McLaughlin,  Ella  S.,  Dec.  6,  1889,  ex,  dau  Judge  McL.,  res  B,  m. 
McLaughlin,  Findley  R.,  Sept.  3,   1865,  ex,  s  Robt.  McL.,  trans 

1872  to  U.  P.  ch  B,  res  B. 
McLaughlin,  Florence  M.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  Judge  McL.,  res 

B,  m. 
McLaughlin,  George  D.,  Dec,  8,  18S9,  ex,  s  Judge  McL.,  res  B,  m. 
McLaughlin,  Isabella,  Sept.  3,  1865,  ex,  dau  J.  B.  McL.,  mr  Jos. 
Campbell,  res  B,  m 

McLaughlin,  James  B.,  Oct.   15,   1859, 
cert,  s  John  McL.,  fr  Perth,  Scot- 
land, wf  Margaret,  att'y  at  law,  d 
here  Sept.  13,  1878,  ae  61. 
McLaughlin,  James  D.,  Nov.  28,  1868, 

ex,  s  Jas.B.  McL.,  trans  1873. 
McLaughlin,    John  Duncan,  Mar.  5, 
1864,  ex,  s  Jas.   B.  McL.,  deacon, 
trustee  and  elder   of  ch,  probate 
judge  of  Logan  Co.,  res  B,  m. 
McLaughlin,  Margaret,  Mar.  6,   1881, 
ex,   dau  Jas.   B.    McL.,    mr  John 
Wheeler,  trans  to  M.  E.  ch,  B. 
McLaughlin,  Margaret,  Oct.  15,  1859, 
cert   fr    U.    P.    ch,    B,    dau    Rev. 
Haines   Parker,  wf  Jas.  B.   McL. 
McLaughlin,  Marie,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex, 
dau  Judge  McL.,  res  B,  m. 
McLaughlin,  Mary,  see  Mary  Kerr. 

McLaughlin,  Mary  Ann,  Oct.  15,  1859,  cert,  dau  John  Nelson,  wf 
Robt-  McL.,  trans  1872,  to  U.  P.  ch,  B. 


JAMES    B.    M'LAUGHLIN. 


Note — John  McIvEughlin,  b  1785,  Perth,  Scotland,  mr  Margaret  Buick,  and 
came  to  America  in  1820,  settling  near  Yellow  Springs,  Green  Co.,  O.  In 
1833  they  moved  to  near  Rush  ll,ake,  and  in  1861  to  B,  dying  in  1868,  ae  83. 
They  had  seven  children  and  fifty-one  grandchildren. 

Margaret,  dau  of  Mr.  Buick  of  Scotland,  b  Sept.  28,  1790,  in  Aylieth,  Scotland, 
mr  John  Mcl,aughlin.  and  d  here  Mar.  19,  1881,  ae  90. 

Rev.  Haines  Parker  fr  N.  Y.,  was  one  of  the  first  BaptivSt  ministers  in  this 
county,  d  ab  1870,   ae  85. 


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PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    HISTORY. 


MARGARET    M'LAUGHLIN. 


McLaughlin,  Effie,  Sept.  9,  1871,  ex,  dau  Jas.  B.   McL  ,   mr  Harry 

Hoffner,  res  B,  m. 
McLaughlin,    Emma,    Sept.    9,    1871. 

ex,  dau  Jas.  B.  McL.,  mr  Geo.  W. 

Cooper,  res  Poplar  Flats,  Ky. 
McLaughlin,    Alice,     Mar.     5,     1870, 

cert  fr  Cincinnati,   O.,  dau  Wm. 

Spence  of   Georgetown,  Md.,  wf 

John  D.  McL.,  res  B.  m. 
McLaughlin,    Martha,    June   4,    1870, 

cert,  dau  John  Galaway,  of  Tipton, 

Ind.,  wf  Aaron  McL.,  res  Tipton, 

Ind. 
McLaughlin,Oscar  L.,Feb20,  1869,  ex, 

s  Robt.  McL.,  trans  to  U.  P.  ch,  B. 
McLaughlin,    Jr.,    Robert,    Sept.     6, 

1879,  ex,  s  Jas.  B.  McL.,  trans  M. 

E.  ch,  B. 
McLaughlin,   Robert,    Oct.    15,    1859, 

cert  fr  U.  P.  ch,  B,  s  John  Mc'..,  d  here  in  1895,  ae  71. 
McLaughlin,  Wm.  B.,  Aug.  4,   i860,  cert  fr  U.  P.  ch,  B,  s  J.   B. 

McL.,  d  here  in  Oct.,  1865. 
McMillen  Elizabeth,  Dec.   i,   1866,  cert,  wf  Thomas  McM.,  trans 

1867. 
McMillen,  Effie,  Mar.  2,  1895,  cert,  dau  Mrs.  Dan'l  K.  McM.,    res. 

B,  m. 
McMillen,  Prima  May,  Mar.   2,    1S95,   cert  fr  U.   P.   ch,  dau  James 

A.  McM.,  res  B,  m. 

McMillen,  Grant  T.,  Mar.  2,  1895,  cert  fr  U.   P.  ch,  s  Mrs.   Daniel 

K.  McM.,  res  B,  m. 
McMillen,  James  A.,  Mar.  2,  1895,  cert  fr  U.  P.  ch,  s  Mrs.  Daniel  K. 

McM.,  elder,  res  B,  m. 
McMillen,  Jennie,  May  16,  1900,  cert,  Logansport,  Ind.,  wf  R.  M. 

McM.,  res  B,  m. 
McMillen,  Mary,  Mar  2,  1895,  cert  fr  U.  P.  ch,  dau  Mr.  Clancy,  wf 

James  A.  McM.,  res  B,  m. 
McMillen,  Robt.  Milton,  May  16,  1900,  cert  Logansport,  Ind.,  res 

B,  m. 

McMillen,  S.  A.,  Mar.  2,  1895,  cert  fr  U.   P.  ch,  wf  of  Daniel  K. 

McM. 
McMillen,  Nellie  C,  Mar.  2,  1895,  cert,  dau  J.  A.  McM.,  res  B,  m. 


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McNett,  Palmer,  June  4,  1896,  ex,  s  Abraham  McN.,  res  B,  m. 
McCoid,  Clara,  Mar.  7,   1886,  ex,  nee  Wells,  fr  Muskingum  Co., 

O.,  wf  Willis  McCoid,  rem  Columbus. 
McCoid,  Ellen,  (Eleanor)  Aug.  24,  1850,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Echelberg, 

wf  John  McC,  d  here  Sept.  3,  1895,  ae  nearly  88. 
McCoid,  Jane,  Mar.  8,  185 1,  cert,  dau  John  McC,  mr  John  Sutton, 

res  B. 
McCoid,  Mary  M.,  Mar.  22,   1855,  ex,  dau  John  McC,  mr  Benj. 

Kaylor,  res  B. 
McCoid,  Belinda,  Jan.  13,  1837,  cert  Blue  Rock,  O.,  wf  Thos.  McC 
McCoid,  Rebecca  J.,  prior  to  1845,  dau  Thos.  McCoid,  joined  the 

Baptist  ch. 
McCoid,  Robert,  Mar.  8,  1851,  cert,  s  Thos.  McC,  trans  111. 
McCoid,  Robert,  June  16.   1832,  cert  fr  Salt  Creek,  O.,  bro  John 

and  Thomas  McC,  d  here. 
McCoid,  Thomas,  June  16,  1832,  cert  fr  Salt  Creek,  O.,  d  Dec.  27, 

1866. 
McCracken,  Ann,  Nov.  10,  1855,  cert,  d  Sept.  3,  1865. 
McCracken,  Ann  M.,  Apr.  20,  1833,  cert  Salt  Creek,  O.,  nee  Waugli, 

wf  John. 
McCracken,  Anna,  Oct.  27,  1832,  cert  Salt  Creek,  Muskingum  Co., 

O.,  wf  Thomas. 
McCracken,  Anna  T.,  May  26,  1880,  ex,  dau  J.  M.  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCracken,  Carrie,  Apr.  6,  1886,  cert,  dau  D.  W.  McC,  mr  Sam'l 

ly.  Ivippencott. 
McCracken,  C  Blanche,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  J.  McD.  McC,  res 

B,  m. 
McCracken,  Cornelia,  see  Cornelia  B.  Bergen. 
McCracken,  Frank,  G.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  s  J.  M.  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCracken,  Hannah  M.,  Jan.  11,  1877,  cert,  dau  Rev.  J.  B.  McC, 

mr  Mr.  Aikin,  trans  1877,  W.  Newton,  O.,  and  d. 
McCracken,  Hattie,  see  Hattie  L/emen. 

McCracken,  Heber  M..  Apr.  6,  1886,  cert,  s  D.  W.  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCracken,  James  Wilson,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  s  J.  McD.  McC,  res 

B.  m. 
McCracken,  Jane,  see  Jane  Kerr. 
McCracken,  Rev.  J.  B.,  Jan.  11,  1877,  cert  U.  P.  ch,  ordained  by 

Lima  Presbytery.     See  sketch. 
McCracken,  John,  Apr.  20,   1833,  cert  fr  Salt  Creek,   O.,   elder  s 

Thos.  M.  McC,  came  here  Oct.,  1832. 
McCracken,  Mary  A.,  see  Mary  A.  Kerr. 


234  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH   HISTORY. 

McCracken,  John  McD.,  Sept,  2,  1876,  cert,  s  Rev.  J.  B.  McC,  res 

B,  m. 
McCracken,  John  M.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  s  D.  W.  (and  Sarah  C. 

Hover)  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCracken,  Josephine  F.,  June  2,  1878,  cert,  dau  of  Mr,  Fulton  of 

Sidney,  wf  Ralph  E.  McC,  res  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
McCracken,  Louisa,  Nov.   10,   1855,  cert,  sister  D.  W.  McC,  res 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  unm, 
McCracken,  Margaret  K.,  Jan.  28,  1836,  ex,  sister  D.  W.  McC,  mr 

Samuel  Hoover,  d  Mar.  30,  1886,  ae  69. 
McCracken,  Mattie  B.,  Nov.  30,   1878,  ex,  dau  John  McD.  McC, 

res  B,  m, 
McCracken,  May,  Apr.  6,  1886,  cert,  dau  D.  W.  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCracken,  Minnie  May,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  dau  J.  McD.  McC,  res 

B,  m. 
McCracken,  Carrie  A.,  Mar.  7,  1874,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Rexer,  adopted 

by  Robert  McC,  mr  Ernest <Kamilton,  res  B,  m. 
McCracken,  Maggie  L.,  Sept.  2,  1876,  cert,  sister  Rev.  J.  B.  McC, 

mr  Mr.  Worden,  trans  1879,  Xenia,  O. 
McCracken,  MiLton  M.,  Dec.    5,    1869,    cert,    s   David   McC,    res 

Springfield,  m. 
McCracken,  Cynthia,  Sept.  2,    1876,  cert,  wf  J.  McD.  McC,  res 

B,  m. 
McCracken,  Mary  J.,  Dec.  5,  1869,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Seger,  wf  M.  M. 

McC,  d  June  3,  1898,  ae  73. 
McCracken,  Sarah,  Nov.  29,  18S5,  cert,  dau  Geo.  Hover,  wf  David 

W.  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McCracken,  Ralph  E.,  Sept.  2,  1876,  cert,  s  Rev.  J.  B.  McC,  rem, 

d  south. 
McCracken,  Robert,  Mar.  2,  1867,  ex,  s  John  McC,  d  in  Portland, 

Oregon. 
McCracken,  Sarah,  Sept.  20,  1861,  cert  fr  Cherokee,  dau  Jas.  Col- 
lins, mr  first,  Geo.  Irwin,  second,  Robt.  McC,  res  Moscow, 

Idaho. 
McCracken,  Thomas,  Oct.  27,  1832,  fr  Salt  Creek,  O. 
McColloch,  Alice  D.,  Jan.  1857,  ex,  dau  Wm.  McC,  mr  Jacob  K. 

Brown,  res  B,  m. 
McColloch,  Calvina,  Nov.  9,  1862,  ex,  dau  Wm.  McC,  wf  Charles 

McLaughlin,  res  B,  m. 
McColloch,  Nancy  Caroline,  Dec.  10,  1865,  dau  Wm.  McC,  mr  ist 

Wm.  Wishart  of  Huntsville,  2nd  Mr.  Reid  of  Louisville,  Ky. 


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McColloch,  Clara  Miller,  Mar.  4,  1888,  ex,  dau  Henry  Miller,  of  W. 

Liberty,  wf  Alonzo  McC,  res  B,  m. 
McColloch,  Maggie,  L.,    May   27,    1876,   ex,   dau  Wm.   McC,  mr 

Harry  Moore,  res  Markelton,  Pa. 
McColloch,  Sallie  L.,  Mar.  5,  1876,  ex,  dau  Wm.  McC,  mr  Mr. 

W.  J.  Moore,  res  Chicago. 
McColloch,  Nancy,  Mar.  5,  1855,  ex,  dau  John  Robb,  wf  Wm.  McC, 

d  Jan.  30,  1879. 
McColloch,  Robt.  P.,  June  17,  1S77,  ex,  att'y  at  law,  s  Wm.  McC, 

res  Anthony,  Kan. 
McColloch,  Sarabella,  see  Sarabella  Walker. 
McColloch,  William,  Dec.  22,   1854,  ex,  s  Rev.  Geo.  and  Nancy 

Henry  McC,  elder  1857  to   1877,  d  INIay  2,    1877,  ae  61;    Geo. 

McC.  of  Scotland,  father  of  Samuel  of  Ohio  Co.,  Va.,  1790,  and 

Logan  Co.,  1803,  and  father  Rev.  Geo.  McC 
Mackey,  Lizzie,  see  Lizzie  Gregg. 
Mackey,  William,  Apr,   18,   1852,  ex,  fr  Muskingum  Co.,  O.,  mr 

Lizzie  Mackey,  dau  Rev.    Gregg,   rem  to  Waldo,   Linn  Co., 

Kan.,  1863. 
Mahan,  Milton,  June  16,  1849  ^x,  his  mother  mr  second,  Jas.  Collins 

of  Huntsville,  trans  Cherokee,  rem  to  Kan.  in  1868. 
Mains,  Thomas,  Nov.  30,  1872,  cert,  trans  1875,  Sidney,  O. 
Mains,  Juliett,  Nov.  30,  1872,  cert,  wf  Thos,  M.,  trans  1875,  Sidney, 

Ohio. 
Maison,  Dora  M.,  see  Dora  M.  Kerr. 
Malon,  Maria,  June  11,  1831,  cert,  Troy,  Miami  Co.,  O. 
March,  Zula,  see  Zula  Anderson. 
Marmon,  Leander,  Mar.  4,  1877,  cert,  trans  1878,  Marysville,   retd 

1881,  rem  to  Urbana,  elder. 
Marmon,  Mary  A.,  see  Mary  A.  Murray. 

Marmon,  Martha  A.,  Mar.  4,  1877,  ex,  wf  L.  M.,  rem  to  Urbana. 
Marquis,  Agnes,  Oct.  27,  1832,  cert  Knox  Co.,  dau  Mr.  Stewart  of 

Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  wf  of  Wm.  Marquis  70,  d. 
Marquis,  Ann,  42.  see  Ann  Clark. 
Marquis,  Ann,  June  16,  1832,  cert  Mt.  Vernon,  dau  James  Park,  wf 

Moses  M.  74,  rem  to  Dayton,  d  ab  1882. 
Marquis,  Ann,  June  16,  1829,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  dau  Wm.  M.  53, 

mr  T.  Marquis  Stevenson,  res  Kinmonday,  Iowa. 
Marquis,  Elizabeth  V.,  Apr.  9,  1855,  cert,  dau  James  (granddaugh- 
ter Rev.  Thos.)  d  here  unm. 
Marquis,  Grazella,  see  Grazella  Faris. 


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PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH   HISTORY. 


Marquis,  Rev.  John  147,  om  1828,  s  of  James  54,  preached  at 
Centreville  O.,  Eaton,  O.,  Okedo,  111,,  Henr}-,  111.,  and  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  d  there  1890,  ae  81.    See  "Children  of  Church." 

[Number  before  a  name  is  for  convenience  of  reference.] 

Marquis  Family — i  William  ]\Iargaret  i  mr  Margaret ,  came  fr  Ireland 

to  Opequon  Valley-,  near  Winchester,  Frederick  Co.,  Va.,  in  1720.     Chn,  2 

Thomas,  3  Mary,  mr  John  Wilson,  she  d  at  birth  of  only  child;  4 , 

(]2  George,  13  Samuel,  14  John  and  15  Thomas  of  Western  Pa.,  were  prob 
his  grandsons  b}^  other  sons). 
Second  generation — 2  Thomas  Marquis  2,  (Wm.  i)  b  ab  1710,  mr  ab  1733,  Mary 
Colville,  .sis  Jos.  C,  elder  Pres.  ch,  Winchester,  res  near  Winchester,  d  be- 
fore 1765.  Chn,  5  William,  6  James,  7  John,  8  Thomas,  9  Elizabeth,  mr 
Daniel  McCauley;  10  Sarah,  mr  John  Vance,  Holstine,  Va  ;  11  Ann  mr  ist 
Maj  Wm.  Park,  killed  by  Indians,  chn,  Mary,  mr  Wm.  V.  M.  20;  James 
mr  Elizabeth  M.  24;  2nd  Isaac  Covven,  5  chn. 
Third  generation,  5  Wm.  3,  (Thomas  2,  William  i)  b  ab  1738,  mr  ab  1765,  first, 
Elizabeth,  dau  Maj.  Wm.  Vance  of  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  second  Mi.ss  Hoge; 
he  was  in  the  Rev.  War.     Chn,  18  Thomas,  19  Wm.   Vance,    20  John,   21 

Mary,  mr Colville;  22  Jane,  mr  Wm.  Stevenson;   23  Sarah,  mr  Wm. 

Marquis  50;  24  Elizabeth,  mr  James  Park,  see  ii;  25  Ann,  mr  Jas.  M.  51;  26 
Margaret,  mr  John  Neal  of  Clark  Co.,  O.;  27  Nancy,  mr  Thomas  M.  41;  28 
EHinor,  mr  Jas.  Jones:  29  Rebecca,  d  y. 

6  James  3,  (Thus.  2,  Wm.  i)  mr  Mary,  dau  Maj    Wm.  Vance,  he  d  near  Win- 

chester, Va.,  she  d  Dec  29,  1829.  Chn,  30  Mary,  mr  Wm.  Morrison.  Win- 
chester, Va.,  chn,  Isaac  of  B,  Wm.  of  B,  John,  Elizabeth  Morrison;  31 
Elizabeth,  mr  Abel  Reed,  chn,  Jane,  Joseph,  Wm.,  Abel,  John;  and  32  John 
W.  d  y;  33  Sarah,  mr  Geo.  Ta\dor,  res  B,  chn,  John,  James,  W^m.,  Geo., 
Susannah,  Henry,  mr  Jane  Marquis,  (91)  Marv  Taylor;  34  Wm.,  35  John 
Wilson,  36  Thomas,  37  Ann,  mr  Moses  Bonhair',  chn,  Vance,  Moses, 
Matilda,  Thos.,  Amanda  Bonham;  38  Margaret,  mr  Edward  Marquis  45; 
39  James,  40  Rebecca,  mr  Peter  Perrine,  chn  Peter,  Mary  A.  Perrine, 
mr  David  Whitehill.  B. 

7  John  3,  (Thos.  2,  Wm.  ])  b  June  10,  1750.  mr  Sprah  Griffith  of  Frederick  Co., 

Va.,  elder,  he  d  Cross  Creek,  Pa  ,  Feb.  25,  1822,  she  d  Nov.  14,  1838,  ae  82. 
Chn,  41  Thos.,  42  Mary,  mr  Joshua  Robb,  see  Robb  family;  43  John,  44 
Robt.,  45  Edward,  mr  finst,  Margaret  Marquis  (38),  second,  Elizabeth 
Newell;  46  Sarah,  47  James,  mr  first,  Nancy  Roberts,  second,  Nancy 
Elliott,  Knox  Co.,  O.:  48  Wm.,  49  Ann,  mr  Isaac  Morrison,  B,  dau  Nancy 
Jane,  mr Coen,  B. 

8  Rev.  Thomas  3  (Thos   2,  Wm.  i)  b  1753,  mr  1776,  Jane  Park,  sis  I^ieut.  James 

Park,  .see  sketch;  chn,  50  Wm.,  51  James,  52  Thomas,  53  Sarah,  see  sketch; 
54  Su.sannah,  mr  John  W.  Marquis  (35) ;  55  Marj^,  mr  Geo.  Newell,  Knox  Co., 
O  .  chn,  Rev  Thomas  M,,  Rev.  Geo.  B  and  Mary  Newell,  mr  Thos.  Vance; 
56  Jane,  mr  Caldwell;  57  Ann,  mr  Jos.  Clark,  resB. 
Fourth  generation,  18  Thos.  4  (Wm.  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  b  1767,  mr  1790,  Joanna 
Hoge,  of  Va.,  B  1831,  d  Clark  Co.,  O.,  1851,  she  d  1860,  ae  87;  chn,  70  Wm., 
,  71  James  E.,  Morgan  Co.,  O.,  one  son;  72  John,  73  Thos.,  d  y;  74  Moses,  75 
Vance  d  y;  76  Eliza,  mr  Joseph  Marquis  83;  Mary  unm,  res  B. 

19  Wm.  Vance  4  (Wm.  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)    b   1772,   mr   first   Margaret  Colville, 

second,  Marj^  Parks,  see  11 ;  res  B.  Chn,  78  vSusannah,  mr  Moses  Wellman, 
res  B,  chn,  Elizabeth,  (En.stine),  Caroline  (Tarbutton),  Susannah,  vSamu'l 
Wellman;  79  Margaret,  mr  John  Marquis  (72);  So  Mary,  mr  Wm.  C.  M,, 
(135),  no  chn;  81  Ruth,  mr  Jas.  McCracken,  Bucyrus,  O.,"  chn,  Wm.,  Kelly 
McBride,  Vance,  Chas  ,  Portia,  Augusta,  Harriett  McCracken;  82  Cynthia, 
d  unm;  83  Jos  ,  84  David,  85  Wm.  Park,  d  unm;  86  Judge  Geo.,  Milton, 
Fla.,  3  sons. 

20  John. 

34  Wm.  4  (Jas.  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  mr  Elizabeth  Newell,  res  n  B,  chn,  87  Sam'l, 

88  Jas.,  89  Thos.,  90  Martha,  91  Newell. 

35  John  Wilson  4  (Jas.  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  mr  Su.sannah  Marquis  (53),  .see  sketch 

as  elder  in  B;  chn,  92  Jane,  mr  Henry  Taylor,  see  33;  chn,  Jois^Thos.  N.  and 
Ann  Taylor;  93  Jas.  d  y,  94  John  d  y. 
39  James  (Jas.  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  1)  mr  finst,  Catharine  Van  Ostrand.  second,  Jane 
Curry,  third,  Mrs.  Yeagley,  res  n  B,  and  cr  to  I,  Co.,  1833;  chn,  loi  Isaac. 
res  111.;  102  Mary  Ann,  mr  Chas.  Rockwell,  Holmes  Co.,  O.;  103  Catharine, 
mr  John  Batters'hall;  104  Robt.  prob  d  y;  105  Isabella,  mr  Ed.  Ewing,  Har- 


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din  Co  ,  chn,  Hannah  (Roberts),  Mary  Ewing  (Garwood);  106  Rachel,  mr 
Overton  Odor,  Dr.  Ed  E.,  of  Chicago,  and  Geo  Odor,  of  Springfield,  are 
chn;  107  Mildred,  mr  Uriah  Marquis  (152);  108  Geo.  Wash,  mr  Grazilla 
Paris,  see  Paris  family;  109  Hannah,  mr  Joseph  Powler,  res  n  B. 
41  Thos.  4  (John  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  mr  Nancy  Marquis  (27),  d  July  10,  1829,  ae4o, 
she  d  July  8,  1829,  ae  42.  Chn,  no  Elizabeth  V..  d  1851,  ae  41,  B;  mr  James 
Park,  he  d  1871;  in  Nancy  (Huston),  112  Margaret,  mr  James  Edgar 
Stevenson  B,  see  Stevenson'family;  113  Mary,  mr  John  Park,  d  B,  1895; 
114  John,  res  N   M.;  Thos  d  unm  lovra;  116  Ann,  mr  Adonjh  Ferree. 

43  John  4  (John  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  b  1784,  mr  Elizh  ,  he  d  1844,   at  Cross 

Creek,  she'd  1881,  ae  87.  Chn,  117  Samuel  P.,  118  July  A  ,  119  Jane,  120 
Eetitia. 

44  Robt.  4  (John  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  mr  first,  Hannah  Van  Ostrand,  second  Mary 

Stevenson,  she  d  1868,  ae  71,  he  was  the  best  chorister   Cross   Creek  ever 
had,  he  d  1829,  ae  39.     Chn,  126  Newton,  127  Rev.  John   S.,    128   Miles,    129 
Robert. 
48  William  4  (John  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  mr  Elizabeth  Adams,  rem  Honey  Creek, 
O.,  to  Tiffin,  O.,  d  1840.     Chn,  dau  mr  Rev.  Solomon  Cook. 

50  William  4  (Rev.  Thos.  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.  i)  b  1776,  first  child  bap  in  Vance  Fort 

Creek,  1778,  mr  Sarah  Marquis,  23,  elder,  he  d  Oct.  28,  1840,  ae  64,  she  d 
Apr.  2,  1849,  ae  73.  Chn,  134  Thos  ,  135  Wm.  C,  136  Elizabeth,  mr  David 
Marquis  (84;)  137  Mary,  mr  first,  James  Marquis  (146);  138  Susannah,  mr 
Eben.  Smith;  139  Jas.  Edgar,  140  Ann,  mr  Marquis  Stevenson;  141  Jane,  mr 
Moses  Marquis  (74);  142  Margaret,  143  Nancy. 

51  James  4  (Rev.  Thos.  3,  Thos.  2,  Wm.   i)    mr   first  Ann   Marquis   25;    second 

Margaret  McCune,  B,  1829,  d  1849,  ae  73.  Chn,  144  Thos.,  mr  Sarah  A. 
L,yle;  145  Wm.,  mr  Eetitia  Griffith;  146  James,  147  John,  148  Jane,  d unm  B; 
149  Mary  A.,  d  unm  B;  150  Elizabeth,  d  unm  B;  by  second  wf,  151  Robt.  mr 
Mary  Webb;  152  Uriah,  153  Col  David,  mr  Margaret  Byers,  res  Olathe, 
Kan.;  154  Geo.,  no  chn,  d  in  111. 

Fifth  generation— 70  Wm.  5  (Thos.  4,  Wm.  3,  Thomas  2)  b  Nov.  27,  1790,  mr 
Nancy  Stewart  B,  d  in  Walnut,  111.,  ae"94.  Chn,  155  Dr.  Jas.;  mr  V.  Whit- 
more,' chn.  Ida,  Kate,  Henrv,  Minerva  of  W.;  156  Joanna  H.,  157  Minerva. 

72  John  5  (Thos.  4,  Wm.  3,  Thos.'2)  b  Feb  ,  1799,  mr  Margaret  Marquis  (78),  mer- 
chant in  B,  dOct.  8,  1848,  ae  49.  Chn,  167  Harvey,  d  unm;  168  Eucinda,  mr 
James  Eeister,  res  B,  chn  lola,  d  unm,  Chas.,   d,   Harvey,  B,  Dola,  mr  J. 

JoHantgen,  B;  169  Wm.  Vance,  mr Starrett,  d,  mr  again  Margaret  Park, 

merchant  and  banker  in  B,  Lieut.  Gov.  of  Ohio,  only  child.  May,  res  B; 
170  Calvin,  d  unm;  171  Silas,  d  y;  172  Eetitia,  d  y;  173  Moses,  d  y. 

74  Moses  5  (Thos.  4,  Wm  3,  Thos.  2)  b  1805,  mr  first,  Jane  Marquis  (141),  second, 
Ann  Park,  Cross  Creek  to  Mt.  Vernon,  1829,  B,  Dayton;  chn,  177  Sarah  J,, 
mr  Samuel  Alexander,  B;  by  second  wf  178  Joanna,  d  unm,  179  Joshua  E., 
d  unm,  180  Robt.  B.,  d,  five  chn;  181  Althusa,  d  unm. 

83  Joseph  5  (Wm.  V.  4,  Wm.  3,  Thos.  2)  mr  Eliza  Marquis  76,  West  Liberty,  O  , 

chn,  Maria,  Elvina,  Marv,  Joseph,  Vance. 

84  David  (Wm.  V.  4,  Wm.  3,  Thos.  2)  mr  Elizabeth  V.  Marquis  136,  Cross  Creek 

to  Bucyrus  1830,  B,  he  d  in  111.  Chn,  Smiley,  Hughes,  Miles  Wilson,  Wra. 
Vance,  Mary  Elizabeth. 

87  Samuel  5  (Wm.  4,  Jas.  3,  Thos.  2)  b  1807,  mr  Euc.  Axtell  of  N.J  ,  res  Middle- 

burg,  O.,  chn,  Wm,  M.,  Sarah  A.,  Thos.  N.,  Dan.  M.,  Julia,  Faral  M. 
Samuel  H.,  Argar  J.,  Jas.  H. 

88  James  5  (Wm.  4,  Jas.  3,  Thos  2)  b  1810,  mr  Eydia  A.  Dickinson,  res  M.,  chn 

Richard,  Erastus,  Bell,  Ella. 

89  Thomas  (Wm.  4,  Jas.  3,  Thos.  2)  b  1813,  mr  Mary  A.  Stevenson,  res  M.,  chn 

Wm.  S.,  Elizabeth  (Hellings)  Newell,  Samuel,  Oliver,  Anson,  Silas. 

91  Newell  (Wm.  4,  James  3,  Thos.   2)    mr   first,   Agnes  McCoy,   second,   

McColloch,  chn,  Alonzo,  vSolomon,  Thomas,  James,  Martha  (Gregory), 
Georgia. 

139  Rev.  Jas.  Edgar  5  (Wm.  4,  Rev.  Thos.  3,  Thos.  2)  b  1815,  mr  first,  Ann  Mar- 
quis (7);  second,  Mary  McCune,  d  1863,  111.,  chn.  Rev.  Wm.,  Rev.  Rollin. 

146  James  5  (Jas  4,  Rev.  Thos.  3,  Thos.  2)  mr  Mary  Marquis  138,  Cross  Creek  to 

B,  1833;  chn,  Wm.  A.,  d  y,  Sarah  S.  mr  Eabin  Reams;  Mary  E. 

147  Rev.  John  (Jas.  4,  Rev.  Thos.  3,  Thos.  2),  b  1809.  mr  fir.st,  Margaret  Newell, 

second.  Elizabeth  Robb,  Cross  Creek  to  Mt.  Vernon,  1829,  B.  1831,  d  1890  in 
Westminster.  Cal.  Chn  bv  first  wf:    Alfred,  Malinda  J.,  Adeline  E-,  Clem 
M.;  bv  second  wf:  Avilla'M.,  John  P.,  E.  P.,  D.  W.,  Augusta  R. 
152  Uriah  (Jas.  4,  Rev.  Thos.  3,  Thos   2)  mr  Mildred  Marquis  (107),  din  B,  chn, 
Gilbert,  Prank,  Charles,  Oscar,  Lily,  Emma  (Outland).  ,  . 


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M.    53,    mr 


Pa. 


mr 


Marquis  Elizabeth  150,  Apr.  7,  1868,  cert,  dau  David  M.  104,  trans 

1870,  Allegheny,  Pa. 
Marquis,  Elizabeth  V.,  Apr,  7,   1856,   cert,    dau   Wm 

David  M,  104,  rem  to  Pittsburg,  d. 
Marquis,  James  146,  Aug.  20,   1836,  cert  fr   Cross   Creek, 

James  M.,  d  Logan  Co. 
Marquis,  Jane  87,  Sept.  30,   183 1,  ex,    dau   John    Wilson    M., 

Henry  Taylor,  d  near  B,  May  3,  1886,  ae  ab  60. 
Marquis,  Joanna,  Sept,  14,  1833,  cert,  Martinsburg,  O.,  nee  Hoge, 

mr  Thos,  M.  15,  rem  to  W.  Liberty,  d  Apr.  27,  i860,  ae  87. 
Marquis,  John  72,  Jan.  20,  183 1,  cert  fr  Mt,  Vernon,  Knox  Co.,  O., 

merchant,  s  Thos.  M.,  d  Oct,  8,  1848  ae  49,  at  B. 
Marquis,  John  Wilson  18,  om  1828,  joined  Cherokee  Run  ch,  cert 
May  18,  1827,  one  of  the  first  three  elders  of  this  ch,  s  Jas  M., 
killed  by  Rl  ab  i860,  ae  ab  75. 
Marquis,  Margaret  78,  dau  Wm,  V,  M.,  mr  John  M.  72,  d  May  10, 

1875,  ae  73, 
Marquis,  Mary,  dau  David  Newell,  wf  Rev,  John  M.,  mr  second  147, 

d  here. 
Marquis,  Mary  77,  June  16,  1832,  cert  Martinsburg,  dau  Thos.   M. 
15,  the  earliest  and  oldest  member  living,  res  B,  m. 

Marquis,  Mary,  Aug  24,  1850,  cert. 
Marquis,  Mary,  June  2,  1866,  cert. 
Marquis,  Mary  E.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau 
James  and  Mary  147,  (dau  of  No, 
54)  mr  Elisha  Reams. 
Marquis,  Mary  E.,  Mar.   25,   1858,  ex, 

dau  David  M.  104,  d  unm. 
Marquis,   Helen   May,    Mar.    i,    1896, 
ex,    dau    Lieut.    Gov.    Vance    M. 
169,  res  B,  m. 
Marquis,  Moses  74,  June  16,  1832,  cert 
Martinsburg,  s  Thos.  M,,  rem  to 
Dayton,  O,,  d  Sept.  1882,  ae  77. 
Marquis,  Margaretta  P.,  Apr.  2,   1893, 
cert,  dau  Dr.    John    M.    Park   of 
Hamilton,    O.,    w^f    Lieut.    Gov. 
Wm.  V.  M.  169,  res  B,  m. 
Marquis,  Mary,  June  11,  1831,  ex,  dau 
of  Wm.  Parks  of  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  wi  Wm.  V.  M.   17,  fr 
Belmont  Co.,  O.,  d  Bucyrus  ab  i860. 


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Marquis,  Mary  137,  Aug.  20,   1836,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  dau 

Wm.  M.  36,  mr  James  s  of  James  M.  54,  James  d  B,    she   mr 

second  Jos.  McCormick,  she  d  B,  ab  1862. 
Marquis,  Susanah  57,  om,  Aug,  7,   1828,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  dau 

Rev.  Thos.  M.,  wf  John  Wilson  M.  18,  d  Sept.  5,  1846. 
Marquis,  Sarah,  Mar  22,   1855,  ex,  fr   Allegheny,    dau   of   David 

104,  and  Elizabeth  V.  M.,  (dau  of  53.) 


HON.  WM.  V.  MARQUIS. 

Marquis,  Sarah,  Feb.  2,   1856,  cert,  dis  Apr.  22,   1858,  Iowa  City, 

Iowa. 
Marquis,  Sarah  C,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau  of  James  146,  (s  of  54)  and 

Mary,  (dau  of  Wm.  53)  trans  Aug  29,  1859,  Urbana,  111. 
Marquis,  Smiley  H.,  Nov.  26,  1858,  ex,  s  David  M.  84,  rem  to  111. 


240  PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    HISTORV. 

Marquis,  Thos.  15,  June  16,  1832,  cert  fr  Martinsburg,  O.,  rem  to 
Montgomery  Co.,  O.,  d  there  Oct.  19,  1851,  ae  84,  elder  fr  1833 
to  1836. 

Marquis,  G.  Washington,  June  3,  1865,  cert,  trans  1870,  Mt.  Pleas- 
ant, Iowa. 

Marquis,  G.  Washington,  Mar.  22,  1855,  ex,  s  James  M.,  res  Torkio, 
Missouri. 

Marquis,  Capt.  Wm.  70,  June  iij  183 1,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  Pa., 
given  cert  of  dis  Jan.  15,  1833,  rem  to  Walnut,  111.,  d  1884 
ae  94. 

Marquis.  Wm.  21,  Oct,  27,  1832,  cert  fr  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 

Marquis,  Wm.  Vanc^  169,  Apr.  2,  1893,  ex,  merchant,  banker, 
Lieut.  Governor  of  Ohio,  s  John  M.  72,  d  Deg.  17,  1899. 

Marshall,  Joseph  A.,  June  25,  1857,  cert  fr  M.  E.  fch,  B,  d  here  1857. 

Marshall,  Mattie,  see  Mattie  Fuller.  .   J 

Marshall,  Mattie  Eva.,  see  Mattie  Eva  Brown:"i; 

Martin,  Alice,  Dec.  2,  1865,  cert,  dau  Thos.  M.',  d  here  unm  Apr. 
24.  1878. 

Martin,  Ella  M.,  see  Ella  M.  Kerr. 

Martin,  John,  Aug.  8,  1829,  cert  fr  Lancaster,  O.,  b  Tirone,  Ireland, 
rem  near  Lancaster,  Pa.  1781,  Ohio  1804,  Pleasant,  Logan  Co., 
1827,  d  July  I,  1838. 

Martin,  Martha  A.,  Dec.  2,  1865,  ex,  dau  Thos.  M.,  of  Washing- 
ing  Co.,  Pa.,  mr  G.  M.  Stevenson,  res  B,  m. 

Martin,  Mary,  Jan.  3,  1857,  cert,  d  Nov.  11,  1892, 

Martin,  Mary  J.,  Jan  3,  1857,  cert,  dau, Mary  M.,  d  unm  North- 
wood,  Mar.  26,  1892. 

Martin,  Nancy,  Dec.  2,  1865,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Smiley,  wf  Thos.  M., 
d  here  Feb.  29,  1884. 

Martin,  Thos,,  Dec.  2,  1865,  b  Ireland,  cert,  d  here  May  23,   1889. 

May,  Rachel,  June  16,  1849,  ex,  fr  Pa. 

Mays,  Ann  E.,  Dec.  18,  1853,  ex,  dau  Thos.  L.  M.,  trans  to 
Waterloo,  Iowa,  June  20,  1859, 

Mays,  James  E.,  Dec.  t8,  1853,  ex,  s  Thos,  "L.  M.,  trans  to  Water- 
loo, lowa^  June  20,  1859. 

Mays,  Jane,  Dec.  14,  1851,  cert,  wf  Thos.  L,  M,,  d  here  before  1854. 

Mays,  Catherine,  Sept,  16,  1854,  nee  Lafferty  (?),  cert  fr  Piqua,  wf 
Thos.  L.  M.,  trans  to  Waterloo,  Iowa,  June  20,  1859. 

Mays,  Thos.  L.,  Dec.  14,  1851,  cert,  trans  to  Waterloo,  Iowa,  June 
20,  1859. 

Mechnewitch,  Jos,  E  ,  Mar.  4,  1877,  ex,  a  Pole,  rem  1877,  to  Piqua. 


RKGISTKR  OF  MEMBERS.  24 1 

Milligan,  Joseph  M.,  Sept.  20,  1868,  ex,  s  Samuel  M.,  trans  1871, 

Dayton. 
Miller,  Alexander  Jay,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  Alex  W.  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  Alex  W.,  Dec.  i,  1872,  ex,  sJohnM.,  d  Sept.  20,  1884,  ae  39. 
Miller,  Addie  C,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  rem. 

Miller,  Carrie  Amy,  June  i,  1899,  ex,  dau  Chas.  A.   M.,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  Chas.  A.,  June  i,  1899,  ^^y  ^^^  B,  m. 
Miller,  David  J.,  Mar.  21,  1857,  ex,  s  Rev.  Jacob  M.,  of  Stark  Co., 

O.,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  George  K.,  June  i,  1899,  ex,  s  Chas.  A.  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  Hannah,  Mar.  21,   1857,  dau  Samuel  Hoffman  of  Colum- 
biana Co.,  O.,  wf  David  J.  M.,  d  June  8,  1897. 
Miller,  Harry  J.,  Feb    20,  1898,  ex,  s  Stephen  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  Edna  M.,  see  Edna  M.  Quigley. 
Miller,  Henry,  Oct.  15,  1859,  ex,  d  Mar.  16,  1864,  ae  63. 
Miller,  Henry,  Apr.  27,  1836,  merchant,  cert  fr  Urbana. 
Miller,  Jr.,  Henry  R.,  Mar.  4,  1877,  ex,  s  Henry  R,  M.,  Sr.,  of  B, 

res  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Miller,  Marguerite  h.,  Mar.  9,  1899,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  Mary,  Apr.  27,  1836,  cert  fr  Urbana,  wf  Henry  M.,  d  Oct 

6,  1878. 
Miller,  Mary  A.,  Mar.   25,   1858,    cert   fr   Urbana,    trans    1863,    to 

Urbana. 
Miller,  Mattie  Bell,  Feb.  27,  1867,  ex,  dau  Henry  M.,  mr  Dr.  H. 

C.  Rutter,  d  here. 
Miller,  Addie,  Mar.  5,   1876,  ex,  dau  Henry  R.    M.,    mr  Thomas 

Johnson  of  Urbana,  trans  1882  to  Urbana,  res  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Miller,  Edna,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  wf  Harry  J.  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  Mary,  Dec.  6,  1885,  ex,  dau  Wm.  Kelly  of  Cincinnati,  O., 

wf  Henry  R.  M.,  Sr.,  res  B,  m. 
Miller,  Minnie,  June  i,  1899,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Kinsinger,  wf  Chas.  A. 

M.,  res  B,  m. 
Milner,  Elizabeth  (Goff),  dau  Mr.  Fitzpatrick  of  Belmont  Co.,  O. 

wf  James  M.,  d  Apr.  i,  1863,  ae  78. 
Milner,  James  M.,  Apr.  17,  1898,  cert,  s  Simon  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Milner,  Jessie,  fr  Belmont  Co  ,  O.,  d  Feb.  17,  i860,  ae  81. 
Milner,  Martha  Ella,  Apr.  17,   1898,  cert  Newton,  111.,  dau.  Mar- 
shall J.  Odor,  wf  J.  M.  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Milroy,  A.  S.,  Mar.  5,  1893,  cert,  dau  John  Miller,  Bellecenter,  O., 

wf  D.  E.  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Milroy,  David  E.,  Mar.  5,  1863,  cert,  s  Rev.  Mr.  M.,  res  B,  m. 


242 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH   HISTORY, 


Milroy,  Fannie  S.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  David  E.  M.,  res  B,  ni. 
Milroy,  John  K.,  Mar.  i,  1896,  cert,  s  Rev.  Mr.  M. ,  res  B,  m, 

Milroy,   Caroline,    Mar.    7,    1897,    ex, 
9H^         1  ^^^  Mark  Thompson,  wf  John  K. 

BHhB^^^^         Milroy,  Willie  M.,  Apr.   iS,   1S97,  ex, 
-    —■^^^'^^i^^^  s  David  E.  M.,  res  B,  m. 

Mitchell,  Peter  H.,  May  15,  1847,  cert 

fr  Marseilles,  O.,  grocer,  d  here 

ab  i860,  very  old. 
Mitchell,    Catherine,    May    15,     1847, 

cert   fr   Marseilles,    O.,    wf  Peter 

H.  M.,  d. 
Mitchell,  Maria,   1865,  ex,  dau  T.  M. 

Stevenson,   wf   R.    George  M.,   d 

Apr.  4,  1S75,  ae  26. 
Mitchell,    Mary    M.,    see    Mary    M. 

Fulton. 
Mitchell,  R.  George,  May  24,  1873,  ex, 

s  Wni.  M.,  trans  1885  to  U.  P.  ch  B. 


MARIA   STEVENSON   MITCHELL 


Mohr,  Jacob,  Apr.  24,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m 
Mohr,    Mary,    July    24,    1858,    cert  fr 

Cherokee,    dau   Samuel  Douglas, 

wf  J.  M  ,  res  B,  m. 
Moore,  Anna  B.,  Dec.  8.  1889,  ex,  dau 

W.  J.  M.,  resB,  m. 
Moore,  Chas.  A.,  Dec.  7,  1890,  cert,  s 

W.  J.  M.,  res  B,  m. 
Moore,  Eliza  J.,  see  Eliza  J.  Nelson. 
Moore,  Elizabeth,  Mar.  22,  1838,  cert, 

Utica,  Licking  Co.,  O.,  wf  Jacob 

M.,  d  Mar.  27,  1845,  ae  67. 
Moore,    Elizabeth,    dau    Rev.    Joseph 

Stevenson,  wf  of  Josiali  M. 
Moore,  Ermina  W.,  Mar.  13,  1881,  ex, 

dau  Wm.  J.    M.,    rem   to   Green- 
ville, O. 
Moore,  Eva  E.,  Mar.  13,  1887,  ex,  dau 

W.  J.  M.,  mr  John  M.   Kerr,  res 

Sidne}-,  O. 
Moore,  Geo.  F.,  June  10,  1859,  cert,  Newark,  s  David  M.  of  Newark. 


ELIZABETH    MOORE. 


RKGISTHR   OF   MEMBERS.  243 

Moore,  Ida  M.,  Mar.  5,   1882,  ex,  dau  Wm.  J.   M.,  nir  Vance  N. 

Robb  (s  No.  12),  res  Jackson  Center.  O. 
Moore,  James  Lewis,  July  24,  1858,  ex,  s  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  M., 

trans  Mar.  25     1859,  to  Delavan,  111.,  d  Watseka,    111.,    July 

12,  1873. 
Moore,  Joseph,  Mar,  22,  1838,  cert  fr  Utica,    Licking   Co.,    O.,    b 

Adams  Co.,  Pa.,  June  16,  1765,  d  here  Apr.  11,  1859,  ae  93. 
Moore,  Joseph  M.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  s  Wm.  M.  of  Utica,  O.,  d  Apr. 

17,  1873,  ^^  27,  was  member  of  Co.  H,  96th  Regt.,  O.  V.  I. 
Moore,  Joseph  W.,    Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  s  Josiah   M.,   trans  Mar.   26, 

1859,  Bloomington,  111.,  res  Chicago,  111. 
Moore,  Maggie  L.,  see  Maggie  L.  McColloch. 
Moore,  Josiah,  Sept.  30,  1831,  ex,  s  Jos.  M.,  rem  to  Gibson  City, 

111.,  d  there  May  21,  1898,  ae  87. 
Moore,  Katherine,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  dau  John  M.,  of  Newark,  O., 

mr  Judge  Silas  Wright  of  Lancaster,  O. 
Moore,  Maria,  dau  of  ]ohn  M.  of  Newark,  O.,    among  the   first 

members,  d  Washington,  D.  C.  Aug.  i,  1898,  ae  92. 
Moore,  Mary  M.,  Mar,  5,    1882,  ex,  dau  W.  J.   M.,   mr  Albert  A. 

Bickham,  res  Huntsville,  O. 
Moore,  Sallie  L.,  see  Sallie  L.  McColloch. 
Moore,  Sarah  Minerva,  Mar.  4,  1870,  ex,  sister  W.  J.  M.,  mr  War - 

nick  D.  Kirk,  res  Northwood,  O. 
Moore,  James  K.,  May,  15,  1847,  cert  fr  Newark,  O.,  s  Wm.  M.  of 

Utica,  d  B,  Jan.  7,  1850,  ae  27. 
Moore,  Maria  E.,  Mar.  5,  1871,  cert,  dau  Solomon  Adams,  mr  R. 

Milton  M.,  res  B. 
Moore,  Mary,  b  1762,  dau  John  and  Sarah  (Morrison)  Hosack,  mr 

1790,  Robt.  Moore  of  York  Co.,  Pa.,  settled  near  B  ab  1806;  at 

her  pioneer  heme  Presbyterian  preaching  was  maintained  for 

many  years  before  and  after  the  founding  of  this  ch,  she  d  Mar. 

18,  1838,  he  d  Apr.  29,  1814. 

Moore,   Raphael,    born    Uniontown,    1793,    Justice   of   Peace    and 
Sheriff,  first  chorister  and  clerk  of  this  congregation,  s  Robt 
M.,  res  near  DeGraff,  d  1857. 

Moore,  Rebecca,  see  Rebecca  Mullen. 

Moore,  R.  Milton,  June  12,  1869,  cert  fr  Licking  Co.,  O.,  s  John 
M.  of  Utica,  O.,  d  Feb.  27,  1876,  ae  54. 

Moore,  Sarah  C,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  wf  Geo.  M.,  trans  1857,  to  New- 
ark, O. 

Moore,  Susanah,  nee  King,  wf  Wm.  M.,  d  here  ab  1850. 


244  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH   HISTORY. 

Moore,  Sarah  Clementine,  July  24,   1S58,  ex,    dau   Josiah    M.,    mr 

John  Huber,  res  B. 
Moore,  Sidney  Adline,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau  of  Wm.  M.  of  Utica,  O., 

d  B  Mar.  5,  1864,  ae  24. 
Moore,  Wm.  J.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  s  Wra,  M.,  d   near   Richland,    O., 

Apr.  23,  1877,  ae  43. 
Morehead,  Elizabeth,  Feb.  29,   1876,    cert   fr   Rushsylvania,    dau 

Wm.  Niven,  mr  Dr.  M.,  d  Kansas  City,  June  15,  1893,  ae  77. 
Morgan,  Rachel,  Aug,  30,  1856,  cert,  trans  1856. 
Morrison,  Rachel  Elizabeth,  Sept.  29,  1861,  ex,  dau  Samuel  M.,  of 

Sandusky  (s  Arthur  M.)  mr  Alexander  Mackey,  res  Walder, 

Kansas. 
Morrison,  John,  Dec.  14,  1851,  ex,  s  John  M,  (s  Arthur  M.),  trans 

Princeton,  111,,  d  1862,  ae  25. 
Morrison,  Margaret  R.,  Aug,  19,  1848,  dau  Arthur  M.,  of  Morris- 
town,  O.,  sister  of  Jane  McCormick,  d  unm  Feb.  9,  1873,  ae  50. 
Morrison,  Wm.  V.,  prior  to  Apr.,  1845,  s  Wm.  M.  and  Mary  Mar- 
quis (ISTo  33)  Morrison,  farmer,  two  miles  east  of  B,  d  here. 
Morrison,  Susanah,  Apr.,  1845,  dau  Geo.  Taylor,  wf  Wm.   M.,    d 

Stokes  Tp. 
Mullen,  Rebecca,  Sept,  14,  1837,  cert  fr  Cadiz,  O.,  mr  Joseph  M,, 

d  near  New  Philadelphia,  O. 
Murray,  DDS.,  Chas.  A.,  June  4,  1882,  cert,  rem  in  1886,  d  in  Van 

Wert,  Mar.  6,  1900,  ae  45. 
Murray,  Gertrude  H.,  June  4,  1882,  cert,  rem  1886, 
Murray,  Mary  Ann,  Sept.  30,  1831,  ex,  dau  John  Gunn,  mr  first, 

Mr.  Murray,  mr  second,  Mr.  Marmon,  rem  to  Big  Springs,  O- 
Mustain,  Mary  E.,  June  i,  1867,  cert,  wf  M.  A.  Mustain,  d  Aug.  13, 

.      1874. 
Mustain,  Meekin,  A.,  June  i,  1867,  cert,  elder  at  W.  Liberty,  trans 

1877  to  W.  Liberty,  O. 
Myers,  Nettie  O.,  see  Nettie  O.  Nelson, 
Nachtrieb,  Essie  M,,  res  B,  m. 

Nachtrieb,  Howard  L.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  Cleveland,  O.,  m. 
Nelson,  Abigail  J.,  Dec.   22,    1854,    ex,    wf   Ebenezer   M.    N.,    res 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Nelson,   Clifford  D.,   Feb.    19,    1869,   ex,  s  E.   M.  N.,  res  Kansas 

City,  Mo. 
Nelson,  Emma  Elizabeth,  Sept.  3,  1865,  ex,  dau  John  M.  N.,  mr 

Henry  C.  Faris,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa,  trans  Mar.  5,   1876,  to 

Mo.,  res  Washington,  Kan. 


REGISTER   OF  MEMBERS. 


245 


Nelson,   Ebenezer  M.,  Dec.  22,   1854,  ex,  s  John  N.,  d  Aug.    18, 

1889,  in  Kansas  City. 
Nelson,  Eliza  Jane,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  dau  John  M.  N.,  mr  Wm.  J. 

Moore,  res  B,  m. 
Nelson,  Elizabeth,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau  James  P.  McCoy,  wf  Walter 

Lowrie  N.,  d  July  9,  1897,  ae  ab  76. 
Nelson,  Grace  I.,  April  18,  1897,  ex,  dau  Mrs.  L.  S.  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Nelson.  James  E.,  Feb.  24,  1866,  ex,  s  John  N.,  trans  May  26,  1868, 

Warsaw,  Mo.,  d  there  ab  1873. 
Nelson,  Jane,  (nee  Scott),  mr  E.  M.  N.,  res  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Nelson,  Jane  S.,  Jan  2,  1832,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek  Pa.,  dau  of  John 
N.,  mr  Jonathan  McCormick,  rem  to  Putnam  Co.,  O.,   1836, 
d  Aug.  9,  1849,  ae  33. 
Nelson,  John,  Jan  2,  1832,  cert,  fr  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  s  Jos.  N.,  mr 

Sarah,  dau  John  Marquis,  rem  to 
Putnam  Co.,  O.,  1836,  d  Feb.   15, 
1879,  ^6  92. 
Nelson,  John  Marquis,  Jan.  1857,  ex,  s 
John  N.,  dNov.  28,  1891,  ae  ab  73. 
Nelson,    Joseph,    Jan.    2,    1832,     cert, 
Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  s  John  N.,   mr 
Elizabeth  Marquis,  (dau  Wm.),  d 
June  1874,  ae  64. 
Nelson,    Lavina,    dau    John    N.,    mr 
David  Anderson, d  here  1856,  ae  25. 
Nelson,  Mary  (Albina),  Jan.  3,  1857, 
dau  John  M.  N.,  mr  Wm.  S.  Riche- 
son,  res  Greenville,  O. 
Nelson,  Lizzie  M,,  see  Lizzie  M.  Yazel, 
Nelson,   Jeanette,    Sept.    i,    1889,   ex, 
dau  of  Joseph  Cover  of  Upper  San- 
dusky, mr  Wylie  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Nelson,  Lida,  May  31,  1890,  cert,  dau  Andrew  Stiarwalt,  wf  Newel] 

N.,  res  B,  m. 
Nelson,  Minnie  A.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  cert,  wf  L.  S.  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Nelson,  Christina  M.,  Mar.  5,   1870,  cert,    dau   Thos.    McAra,   wf 

John  Marqufe  N.,res  B,  m. 
Nelson,  Nancy  C,  Jan.  21,  1858,  ex,  dau  John  N.,  mr  John  Knox 

Kerr  (No  37),  res  B,  m. 
Nelson,  Nettie  O.,  Mar.  4,  1876,  ex,  dau  John  Mark  N.,  mr  Adolph 
J.  Mj^ers  of  Kenton,  O.,  res  Mt.  Vernon,  O. 


JOHN   MARQUIS   NELSON. 


246  PRESBYTERIAN    CHURCH    HISTORY. 

Nelson,  Newell  M.,  Ma}-  31,  1890,  cert,  s  Joseph  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Nelson,  Orpha,  Aug.  24,  1850,  cert,  dau  of  Wra.  Oder  of  Culpep- 
per, Va.,  mr  John  Mark  N.,  d  here  June  10,  i860,  ae  46. 
Nelson,  Robert  E.,  Apr.  15,  1900,  ex,  s  Wylie  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Nelson,   Sarah   Agnes,   Feb.  27,   1867,  ex,  dau  of  W.  Lowry    N., 

mr  Lewis  P.  Gore,  d  Mechanicsburg,  111.,  June  7,   1874,  ae  23. 
Nelson,    Sarah  J.,    Feb,    24,    1866,    cert,    dau    Jos.    McCormick, 

b  Ireland,  mr  James  E.  Nelson,  d  Mar  19,  1899,  ae  69. 
Nelson,  Sarah  M.,  Jan.  2,  1832,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  dau  John 

N.,  mr  Joshua  Robb,  she  d  June  4,  1892,  ae  78. 
Nelson,  Sarah,  Jan.  2,  1832,  cert  fr   Cross   Creek,    Pa.,    dau   John 

Marquis  (No.  7),  wf  John  N.,  d  here  Oct.,  1865,  ae  76. 
Nelson,  Walter  Lowry,  Jan.  1857,  ex.  s  John  N.,  d  Oct.   27,   1894, 

ae  73. 
Nelson,  Wm.  H.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  s  Wylie  N.,  res  B. 
Nettleton,  Mary,  May  22,  1855,  cert,  teacher,  moved  west. 
Newell,  Jane,  Sept.  30,  183 1,  ex,  dau  Samuel  N.,  mr  Mr.  Kline,  d 

here  ab  1880,  ae  70. 
Newell,  Mariah,  om,  1828,  dau  Joseph  Moore,  mr  first  Robt.  Newell 

(s  Samuel),  mr  second  George  White,    rem  to  W.  Liberty,  d 

Aug  I,  1898,  ae  92. 
Newell,  Nancy  M.,  om,  1828,  was  om  of  Cherokee   ch,    1824,    dau 

Mr.  Alexander,  wf  Sanmel  N.,  d  in  Iowa,   1848. 

Newell  family — i  Robert  b  in  Ireland  1749  or  1750,  said  to  have  come  to 
America  when  16  years  of  age,  and  in  1776  settled  in  Westmorland  Co., 
Pa.  Married  Christina  Williams.  Moved  to  Bourbon  Co.,  Ky.,  1794,  and 
lyOgan  Co.,  O  ,  in  1816.  Was  a  weaver.  Had  apparently  been  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  ch  before  coming  here.  Was  an  om  of  the  Spring 
Hill  and  B  churches.  He  had  a  brother  James  and  prob  Hugh,  and 
sisters  Jane  Vance  and  Margaret  Harri.son. 

A  James  and  Hugh  Newell  of  Robert's  age  lived  in  Washington  Co.,  Pa.  Their 
father  is  said  to  have  lived  in  Eastern  Pa.,  and  to  have  been  a  native  of 
Conn.  vSee  history  of  Redstone  Presbytery.  Mr.  Gilbert  Thrift,  who.se 
mother  was  a  descendant  of  Hugh  Newell,  of  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  says 
that  this  B  family  claimed,  at  the  time  he  came  here,  ab  60  years  ago,  to 
be  relatives  of  his  mother.  Mr.  Robt.  Newell  d  in  1829,  ae"  80,  and  was 
buried  in  Muddy  Run  ch  yard,  near  W.  lyiberty, 

Chn,  2  Jane,  mr  Robt.  Braden,  d  in  Ky.,  chn,  Jane,  Chri.stina,  Mary,  Robert. 

3  William,  mr  Elizabeth ,  he  d  on  a  trip  to  Detroit,  she  mr  second. 

Jos.  McBeth,  chn,  Samuel,  Wilson,  Christina,  Matilda  and  Helen. 

4  Samuel,  mr  Nancy  Alexander,  here  1808,  first  Clerk  l,ogan  Co  ,  om  of  Chero- 

kee and  this  ch,  moved  to  Iowa,  d  in  1848,  chn,  Robt.,  Joseph,  Wm.,  John, 
Eliza,  mr  Hiram  Strother;  Sarah,  mr  Harry  Workman;  Benj.,  Thos.,  Jane 
(Kline  ) 

5  Thos.,  mr  Rosanah  McElhenne}',  chn  7  s,  3  dau,  he  d  W.  I,iberty  1S25. 

6  Man.-,  mr  Jas.  Newell. 

7  Hugh,  mr  Elizabeth  McNaj',  chn  Matilda,  Jane,    Robt.,   Christina,    L,ucinda, 

James,  John,  Marj%  Amanda,  Hugh. 
Robert,  never  mr. 

9  John,  mr  and  had  one  dau,  Matilda. 

10  Margaret,  b  1792,  mr  1819,  Owin  Hubbard,  and  d  here  Oct.  i,  1S57,  ae  65,  chn, 

Wm.,  Thomas  and  Caroline,  who  mr  Jas.  Kernan. 


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Newell,  Sr.,  Robert,  om,  1828,  fr  Westmoreland  Co.,  Pa.,  d  West 

Liberty  in  1829,  ae  80. 
Newell,  Samuel,  om,  1828,  was  om  of  Cherokee  Run  ch,  1824,  first 

Clerk  of  Logan  Co.,  s  Robt.  N.,  d  1848,  in  Iowa. 
Nichols,  Althea  A.,  Mar.  13,  1887,  ex,  dau  Sidney  N.,  mr  Samuel 

Ebling,  res  B,  m. 
Nickol,  Geo.  B.,  Mar,  24,   1873,  cert,  trans  Bellecenter,  Mar.  30, 

1874. 
Nichols,  Gertrude,  Mar.  21,  1857,  ex,  dau  Warren  N.,  mr  Gaylord 

M.  Beach,  trans  Episcopal  ch. 
Nichols,  Harriet,  Aug.  30,  1856,  ex,  dau  Robt.  Downs,  wf  Warren 

N.,  d  here  Jan.  14,  1886. 
Nichols,  Jeanette,  Dec.  i,  1878,  ex,  dau  W.  N.,  res  New  York  City. 
Nichols,  Laura  B.,  March  12,  1876,  dau  I.  H.  N,  of  Va.,  mr  George 

W.  Emerson,  res  B,  m. 
Nichols,  Lowell  M.,  Mar.  i,  1868,  ex,  s  W.  N.,  res  New  York  City. 
Nichols,  Lydia  Almira,  Mar.  5,  1867,  ex,  dau  Ira  Trowbridge,  wf 

L.  M.  N.,  d  in  Connecticut  Nov.  16,  1873. 
Nichols,  Morgan  J.,  Dec.  8,  1889,   ex,   s  I.   H.  N.  of  Va.,  rem  to 

Episcopal  ch. 
Nichols,  Elizabeth,  May   24,    1873,    cert,    wf    Geo.,  B.    N.,    trans 

Bellecenter  Mar.  30,  1874, 
Nichols,  Rebecca   K.,    Feb.    2,    1887,    cert,    dau    Mr.    Brown    of 

Va.,  wf  I.  H.  N.  of  Va.,  res  B,  m. 
Nichols,  Rebecca  A.  W.,   Jan.   3,   1857,   ex,  dau  John  Wilson,  wf 

Sidney  B.  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Nichols,  Sidney  B.,  Mar.  3,  1867,  ex,  s  W.  N.,  merchant,  res  B,  m. 
Niven,  David,  Jan.  11,  1862,  cert  fr  U.  P.  ch  B,  s  James  N.,  b  Alyth, 

Perthshire,  Scotland,  came  thence  to  B  ab  1838,  merchant  and 

undertaker,  d  Aug.  18,  1892,  ae  87, 
Niven,    Elizabeth,    June   28,    1861,    cert   fr   U.    P.    ch,    dau  John 

McLaughlin,  wf  J.  D.  N.,  d  here  Aug  13,  1894,  ae  73. 
Niven,  Elizabeth  M.,  Jan.   11,   1862,  ex,  dau  David  N.,  mr  A.  D. 

Lombard,  rem  ab  1870  to  Indianapolis  and  d  there  Dec,  20, 

1895,  ae  ab  53. 
Niven,  James  B.,  Mar  3,  1876,  ex,  s  John  D.  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Niven,  Jeannette  A.,  Nov.  8,  1862,  ex,  dau  David  N.,  mr  John  R. 

Kennedy  in  1864,  trans  1867,  to  Cherokee,  retd  1878,  res  B,  m. 
Niven,  John  D.,  June  28,  1861,  cert  fr  U,  P.  ch  B,  contractor,  post- 
master, and  Agt.  U.  S.  Express  Co.,  d  Jan,  11,  1895,  ae  80. 
Niven,  Edith  G.,  June  4,  1870,  ex,  dau  J.  D,  N.,  res  B,  m. 


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PRKSBYTERIAN    CHURCH    HISTORY 


JAMES   A.   ODOR 


Xiven,  Margaret  A.,  Nov.  9,  1862,  ex,  dau  John  D.  N.,  mr  John  A. 

Fich thorn,  res  B,  m. 
Niven,  Mary,  Jan.  11,   1862,  cert  fr  U. 
P.  ch,  B,  dau  of  Henry  Skinner  of 
Scotland,  wf  David  N.,  d  June  18, 
1878,  ae  79. 
Niven,  Mary  L.,  Sept,  29,  1861,  ex,  dau 
John  D.  N.,  mr  R.S.  Kerr,  res  B,m. 
Niven,  Hattie  M.,  June  6.  1886,  cert  fr 
M.  E.  ch,  dau  Dr.  Lanford  Prater, 
wf  J.  B.  N.,  d  Dec.  7,  1890. 
Niven,  Palmer  McLaughlin,  Nov.  19, 
1867,  ex,  s  J.  D.  N.,  d  Feb.  19,  1869. 
Niven,   Wm.  R.,  Mar.    2,    1878,   ex,   s 

John  D,  N.,  res  B,  m. 
Norton,  D.  W.,  Nov.  29,  1885,  ex,  mr 
dau  Robt.  Smith,  rem  to  DeGraff. 
Norton,  Emma,  see  Emma  Smith. 
Obenchain,  Margiana  A.,  Feb.  2,  1856, 
ex,  dau  James  Stover,  wf  Madison 
O.,  trans  Apr.  7,  1868,  Monticello,  Ind. 

Obenchain,  Josephine,  Mar.    6,    1867, 
ex,  adopted  dau  of  D.  K.  O.,  wf 
Jerry   Harrauff,    d    Decatur,    111., 
Mar.  7,  1874. 
Obenchain,   Lucinda,    Feb.    17,    1867, 
cert,  dau  Jacob  Smith,  wf   David 
O.,  d  Sept.  23,  1892,  ae  62. 
Odor,  America  E.,  Aug.  28,  1875,  cert, 
dau  Thos.  J.  O.,  mr  Jos.  Crawford, 
res  B,  m. 
Odor,  Cadmus  L.,  Dec.  8,   1889,  ex,  s 
J.  A.  O.,  res  Washington,  D.  C,  m. 
Odor,  Catherine,  see  Catherine  Kerr. 
Odor,  Guy  C,  Sept.   11,   1898,  cert  fr 
Washington,    D.  C,    s   Grammer 
O.,  res  B,  m. 
Odor,  Ida  A.,  see  Ida  A   Keller. 
Odor,    Margaret   M.,    Oct.     15,     1859. 
cert  fr  Cherokee  ch,  dau  John  P.  McCoy,  wf  Thos.  J.  O.,  d 
here  Nov.  8,  1885,  ae  ab  66. 


MARGARET    M.    ODOR. 


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249 


Odor,  Bdna,  Apr,  18,  1897,  ex,  dau  Thos.  J.  O.,  res  B,  m. 
Odor,  James  Alexander,  Sept.  29,  1861, 

ex,  sT  Jefferson  O.,  ex,  d  Sept. 

9,  1897,  ae  ab  57. 
Odor,  Marshall  J.,  Jan.    3,    1857,   ex, 

s  Wm.  O.  of  Culpepper  Co.,  Va., 

res  B,  m. 
Odor,  Thomas  Jefferson,  Jan.  3,   1857, 

ex,  s  Wm.  O.  of  Va.,  d  Sept.  19, 

1876,  ae  ab  60. 
Ogden,  W.  A.,  Aug.  31,  1872,  ex,  d  in 

Toledo. 
Odgen,  Rebecca  V.,  Aug.  31,  1872,  ex, 

wf  W.  A.  O. 
Ogden,  Ruth  P.,  Sept.  8,    1888,    cert, 

dau  Isaac  A.  O.  of  Greenville,  O., 

res  B,  m. 
Palmer,  George  H.  M.,  Dec.  31,   1832, 

ex,  s  John  P.,  res  Kenton,  O. 

Palmer,  Harry  E.,  Dec.  31,   1882,   cert,  physician,  s  John  P.,  res 

Dayton,  Ohio. 
Palmer,  Kate,  Nov.  29,  1885,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Walker  of  Kenton,  wf 

George  P.,  res  Kenton,  O. 


THOS.    J     ODOR. 


ED\VARD    PATTERSON 


Park,  Ivucinda,  Dec.  25,  1887,  cert, 
dau  John  Park,  mr  David  Hemp- 
hill, res  on  W.  h.  Rd. 

Park,  LucindaJ.,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  dau 
(?;  Jane  Marquis  P.  (Fancher), 
trans  Logan,  O.,  Nov.  11,  1873. 

Park,  Mary,  Dec.  25,  1887,  cert  fr  111., 
dau  Mr  Marquis,  wf  John  P.,  d 
here  July  4,  1895,  ae  80. 

Parker,  Hepzibah,  June  5,  1865,  cert 
fr  W.  Liberty,  wf  Wm.  P.,  tranr- 
to  Indianapolis  May  8,  1878. 

Parker,  Margaret,  see  Margaret  Wood. 

Parker,  Sarah  A.,  Mar  6,  i8-7,  ex, 
dau  Wm.  P  ,  mr  Jos.  H.  Lawrence, 
rem  to  Indianapolis. 

Patterson,  David,  Oct.  31,   1835,  cert, 


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PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 


ELEANOR    PATTERSON. 


Salt   Creek,   O.,   originally    fr    Gettysburg,   Pa.,  came  to  B  ab 

1824,  d  here  May  16,   187 1,  ae  75. 
Patterson,  Edward,  Jan.  3,   1857,  ex, 

s  Robt   P.,  res  B,  m. 
Patterson,  Edward  W.,  Nov.  29,  1885, 

ex,  s  Edward  P.,  res  B,  m. 
Patterson,  Eleanor,  Oct.  31,  1835,  cert 

fr    Salt    Creek,    O.,    dan     Robt. 

McCracken,  wf  David  P.,  d  Dec. 

8,  1870.  ae  79. 
Patterson,  Elsie  M.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex, 

dau  Robt.  K.  P.,  res  B,  m. 
Patterson,  Helen,  Mar.    4,    1900,    ex, 

dau  E.  W.  P.,  res  B,  m. 
Patterson,  John  W.,  Feb.  24,  1867,  ex, 

s  David  P.,  rem  to  Springfield,  O. 
Patterson,  Laura   T.,    ex,    dau    Robt. 

E.  P.,  mr  Mr.   Mead,  res  Colum- 
bus, Ohio. 

Patterson,    Lydia   Ann,  ab    1837,    dau   Robt.  P.,  mr  Rev.  R.    H. 

Holliday,  res  Findlay. 

Patterson,  Mary,  dau  David  P.,  mr 
Alexander  Irving,  res  Dayton,  O. 

Patterson,  Mary  E.,  ab  1837,  dau 
Robt.  P.,  mr  Wm.  G.  Kennedy, 
res  Chicago,  111. 

Patterson,  Mary  M.,  Mar.  4,  1870,  ex, 
dau  Edward  P.,  mr  P.  M.  Cart- 
mell,  d  Feb.  19,  1883. 

Patterson,  Jos.  S.,  ex,  s  Robert  P.,  liv- 
ing in  Findlay,  O. 

Patterson,  Amanda,  June  6,  1897,  cert, 
dau  Mr.  Herin,  wf  Robt.  K.  P.,  res 
B,  m. 

Patterson,    Eliza   S.,    oni,    1828,    dau 
Joseph  Moore,  wf  "Robt.  P.,  m  of 
Cherokee  Run  ch,  1826,  d  B  May 
14,  i860,  ae  63. 
Patterson,    Elizabeth   P.,   May   25,    1850,  cert,  dau  David   Moore 


MRS.    ROBT.    PATTERSON. 


elder  Newark,  O.,  wf  Edward  P.,  res  B,  m. 


kKOiSTKk  OF  MKMBKKS. 


251 


Patterson,  Virginia  S  ,  Ma}-  30,  1874,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Sharpe,  wf 
Robt.  E.  P.,  res  Kokomo,  Ind. 

ir*atterson,  Robt.,  om,  1828,  fr  Licking  Co.,  O.,  merchant,  Sec.  and 
Treas.  of  M.  R.  &  L.  E.  R.  R.,  m  of  the  Cherokee  Run  ch, 
1826,  one  of  the  first  three  elders  of  this  ch,  a  founder  and 
original  elder  of  the  Pres.  ch,  of  Mary  Ann  Furnace,  Lick- 
ing Co.,  Ov,  d  Sept.  8,  1867,  ae  79. 

Patterson,  Robert  E.,  Jan.  3,  1857,  s  Robt.  P.,  res  Kokomo,  Ind. 

Patterson,  Robert  K.,  Feb.  27,  1898, 
ex,  s  Joseph  P.  of  Kokomo,  Ind., 
res  B,  m. 

Patterson,  Sallie  M.,  see  Sallie  M. 
Emery. 

Patterson,  Stewart,  bro  of  David  P., 
fr  Adams  Co.,  Pa.,  d  here  Aug.  8, 

1879. 
Perkins,  Cora  L.,  see  Cora  L.  Tam. 
Pettit,  Andrew,  July  3,   1877,  cert,    s 

Judge     Rodolphus     E.     P.,     res 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Pettit,  Cora  D.,  see  Cora  D.  Allen. 
Pettit.  Hattie  A.,   Nov.    i,    1885,    ex, 

dau  Judge  R.  E.  P.,  res  B>  m. 
Pettit,  Rodolphus  E.,   June    i,    1878, 

cert,  Judge  of   Probate   Court,    s 

David  of  Onondago  Co.,  N.  Y.,  d 

here  in  1P9S,  ae  ab  82. 
Pickrell,  Margaret,  om,  1828,  dau  Daniel  McCoy,  wf  Nicholas   P, 

of  Grayson  Co.,  Va.,  d  in  111   ab  1845,  ae  ab  70. 
Plum,  J.  Bunker,  1894,  ex,  s  Scott  P.,  res  B,  m. 
Plum,  R.  Murtice,  Mar.  4,    1888,   ex,  dau  Harvey  L.  Bunker,   mr 

Scott  P.,  res  B,  m. 
Pollock,  Ellen  J.,  May  3,  1862,  cert  fr  U.  P.  ch,  dau  Mr.  Ferguson, 

wf  John  P.,  res  Paxton,  111. 
Pollock,  Garnet  A.,  Jan.  16,  1858,  cert  fr  Oxford  ch,  s  John  P.,  see 

chapter  "Children  of  the  Church,"  res  Elgin,  111. 
Pollock,  John,  Sept.  6,  1863,  cert  fr  U.  P.  ch   B,    att'y   at  law,    s 

John  P.,  d  ab  1897,  at  Saxton,  111. 
Pollock,  Margaret  J.,  dau  David  Patterson,  wf  Matthew  W.  P.,  res 

Springfield,  O. 


ELIZABETH    P.    PATTERSON. 


252 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 


Pollock,  Margaret,  see  Margaret  Cope. 

Pollock,  Margaret  D.,  Nov.  7,  1862,  cert  fr  M.  E.  cli  B,  dau  Mr. 
Drake,  wf   Robt.  P.,  mr  second  Mr.  Douglass  and  lived   in 
Cincinnati, 
Pollock,  Mary  P.,  Mar.    2,  1867,  ex,  dau  Matt.  W.  P.,  mr -Frank 

Kauffman,  dead. 
Pollock,  Robert,  Aug.  3,  1862,  ex,  s  John  P.,  d  Feb.  22,  1864,  ae  26. 

Poorman,  Kate,  Mar.  5,  1882, 
cert,  trans  Tokeka,  Kan. 
Porter,     Charles,     Apr.     20, 
1833,  fr  Licking  Co.,  O., 
d  here  in  1864. 
Porter,    James    A.,    Jan,    3, 
1857,  ex,  s  Charles  P.,  d 
Galion  ab  1897, 
Porter,    Margaret,    Apr.    20, 
1833,  Utica,  O.,  dau  Jos. 
Moore,  wf  Charles  P.,  d 
here  June  29,  1S67,  ae66. 
Perrine,   Rebecca,  nee  Mar- 
quis, mr  Peter  P.,  d  in 
1862,  ae  64. 
Powell,   Eliza,  June  6,  1863, 
ex,     dau    Chas.    Porter, 
mr  John  P.,  d  here  July 
5i  1874 
Powell,  A.  Clementine,  Feb, 
28,  1885,  ex,  dau  Mr.  P. 
of  Findlay,  0.,mr  E.  W 
Kalb,  res  B,  m. 
Powell,  Estelle   I.,  Feb.  27,  1885,  cert,  sister  of   Mrs.  E.  W.  Kalb 

Aug   4,  1886. 
Price,  Caroline,  see  Caroline  McClure. 
Purdem,  Isabella,  see  Isabella  Hamilton. 
Quigley,  Charles  A.,  Apr.  18,  1897,  ex,  s  P.  Q.,  res  B,  m. 
Quigley,  Edna  M.,   Feb.  20,   1898,  ex,  dau   P.    O.,    mr    Harry   J. 

Miller,  res  B,  m. 
Quigley,  Ida  C,  Feb.  20,  189S,  cert,  wf  P.  Q.,  res  B,  m. 
Quigley,  Philip,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  res  B,  m. 

Raffensperger,  Annie  F.,  Mar.  22,   1855,  cert  fr  Johnson  Vt.,    res 
Wooster,  O. 


ROBERT    PATTERSON. 


REGISTER  OF  MEMBERS.  253 

Ramsey,  Margaret,  Mar.  5,  1882,  cert,  dau  Alvin  Clark,  nir  Al,  C. 

R.,  res  Kan. 
Randall,  Harry  G. ,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  trans  to  Bellecenter. 
Randolph,  Isabella,  Sept.  20,    1861,  cert  fr  W.  Liberty,   dau  Mr. 

Fishbaugh  fr  N.  J.,  wf  Nath'l  R.,  trans  to  W.  Liberty,  1863. 
Randolph,  Jane,  dau  Wm.  F,  R.,  mr  Dennis  Connard,  Jr.,  d  near  B. 
Randolph:,  Margarette  E.,  Aug,  24,  1850,  cert,  dau  Wm.  F.  R.,  mr 

Ben.  Fleming,  d  ab  1858,  ae  43. 
Randolph,  Margaret,  dau  Wm.  F.  R.  mr  Mr.  Lackey  of  Sidney,  O. 
Randolph,  Nath. ,  Sept.  20,  1861,  cert  fr  W.  Liberty,  s  Wm.  F.  R., 

dead. 
Randolph,  Susan  Ann,  dau  Wm.  F.  R.,  mr  Dennis   Connard,  d 

Norton,  Kan,,  Feb.  i,  1897. 
Randolph,  William  F.,  fr  Kishocoquelas  Valle}',  Pa.,    lived   near 

W.  Liberty,  d  there  ab  1858. 
Rankin,  Chas.  A.,  Sept.  8,  1895,  cert,  s  John  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Rankin,  Joseph,  June  2,  1895,  cert,  s  John  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Rankin,  Mary,  Sept.  8,  1895,  cert,  dau  John  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Rankin  John,  Sept.  8,  T895,  cert,  s  Thos,  R.  fr  Muskingum  Co., 

O.,  res  B,  m. 
Rankin,  Allie,  Dec.  5,  1897,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Barr  of   Rushsylvania, 

wf  Chas.  A.  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Rankin,  Samuel,  June  2,  1895,  cert,  s  John  R.,  res  By  m. 
Rankin,  Thomas  W,,  Mar.  i,  1896,  cert,  s  John  R.,  trans  Minn. 
Reader,  Mrs.,  June  11,  183 1,  ex,  wf  Wm.  R.,  d  Mar.  4,  1847. 
Reader,  Wm.,  June  16,  1832,  ex,  s  Abel  and  Elizabeth  Marquis  R., 

(sister  John  W.  M.)  lived  and  d  3  miles  E.  of  B. 
Reams,  Caleb,  Mar.  21,  1857,  ex,  s  John  R.,  trans  May  25,    1858, 

Urbana,  111. 
Reams,  Elisha,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  s  John  R. 
Reams,  Mary  E.,  see  Mary  E.  Marquis. 
Reams,  Olive,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  Jacob   Lease,    wf   Chas.    R., 

res  B,  m. 
Reams,  Sarah  L.,  see  Sarah  Lamb. 
Reese,  James  W.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 

Reid,  Wm.  S.,  Mar.  2,  1871,  ex,  trans  Muncie,  Ind.,  Mar.  29,  1871. 
Reader,  Elizabeth,  Mar.  22,  1838,  cert  fr  Mt.  Vernon,  wf  Wm.  R. 
Reid,  Allen  M.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert  U.  P.  ch,  s  James  R.  R.,  res 

B,  m. 
Reid,  Edna  Lois,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  A.  M.  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Reynolds,  Eugene  L.,  June  5,  1869,  cert  Jeffersonville,  Ind. 


■54  rRKSBVTERlAM  CHURCH   HlSTORV. 


Reid,  Estelle  M.,  Dec.  6,  1896,  cert,  dau  Daniel  K.  McMillen,  wf 

A.  M.  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Rhodes,  Alniira  S.,  see  Almira  S.  Turner, 
Richards,  Daisy  V.,  Feb.  3,  1895,  ex,  dau  Wm.  Richards,  wf  Harry 

Ansley,  res  Rushsylvania,  m. 
Richards,  Mary,  see  Mary  Kalb. 
Richards,  Almira,  June  i,  1S78,  ex,  dau  Jas.  Campbell,  wf  Wm  R., 

res  B,  m. 
Richards,  Pearl  M.,  Feb,  3,  1895,  dau  Wm.  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Richeson,  Mary  A.,  see  Mary  A,  Nelson. 

Richeson,  Wm.  J  ,  June  2,  1877,  cert,  bro  John    R.,    trans   Green- 
ville, O.,  Jan.  17,  1888,  d  there. 
Riddle,  Abner,  May  3,  1856,  cert  fr  W.  Liberty,  O.,  b  near  Urbana 

1808,  moved  to  B  1850,    merchant   and   banker,    s   Wm.    and 

grandson  of  John  of  Mifflin  Co.  Pa,,  and  prob  gr.  gr.  grand- 
son of  John  K.  whose  father  came  fr  Scotland  to  New  Jersey, 

d  Oct.  II,  1888,  ae  80. 
Riddle,  Bessie  R.,  Dec.  8,  i88g    ex,    dau   John   M.    R,,    mr   J.    S. 

Deemy,  M.  D.,  res  B,  m. 
Riddle,  Cynthia  J.,  Jan.  21,  1858,  ex,  dau  Abner  R.,  d  unm  Dec.  17, 

1863,  ae  23. 
Riddle,  Fannie  G.,  Mar.  8,  1867,  ex,  dau  Abner  R.,  d  unm  Dec.  3, 

1867,  ae  22. 
Riddle,  John  M.,  Feb.  27,  1867,  ex,  banker,  s  Abner  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Riddle,  Margaret  Gorton,  Nov.   i,  1885,    ex,    dau    J.    M,    R  ,    mr 

Edwin  C.  Scarflf,  res  B,  m. 
Riddle,  Mary  Elizabeth,  May  3,    1856,   ex,   dau  Abner  R.,  d  Mar. 

12,  1857,  ae  18. 
Riddle,  Margaret  J.,  June  7,  1868,  cert,  dau  Rev.  Samuel  Wallace 

of  Piqua,  wf  J.  M.  R  ,  res  B,  m. 
Riddle,  Rebecca,  May  3,   1856,    cert   fr  W.    Liberty,    O.,    dau   of 

Minion  M-^Gruder  of  Frederick  Co.,  Va,,  wf  Abner  R.,  d  June 

3,  1883,  ae  76. 
Riddle,  Wm.  W.,  Nov.  i,  1S85,  ex,  att'y,  s  John  M.  R.,  res  B,  ni- 
Ridgeway,  Arthur  O.,  Dec.  3,    1893,    cert   fr   Lawrence,    Kan.,    s 

Robt.  R.  of  Salida,  Col.,  bridge  engineer,  was  organist,  res 

Pueblo,  Col. 
Rife,  Anna  M.,  Mar.  6,   1876,  ex,  dau  Geo.    R.,    mr   Mr.    Millet, 

Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Rife,  Sarah,  Oct.  17,  1857,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Ash,  wf  Geo.  R.,  d  here 

Jan.  23,  1890. 


REGISTER   OF   MEMBERS.  255 

Rife,  Bessie  L.,  Nov.  i,  1885,  ex,  dau  Geo.  R.,  res  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Robb  9,  David,  Jan.  20,   1831,  cert  fr  Washington,  Guernsey  Co., 

O.,  s  Joseph  R.  5,  rem  to  Union  Co. 
Robb,  Emil}^  Aug.  30,  1856,  ex,  dau  Joshua  R.    12,    mr   Geo.    A. 

Henry,  res  B,  m. 
Robb,  Ida  M.,  see  Ida  M.  Moore. 
Robb  8,  John,  Jan.  2,  1832,  cert,  Cross  Creek,  s  Joseph  R.  5,  d  July 

8,  1850,  ae  77. 
Robb,  Jr.,  13,  John,  June  11,  1831,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  s  John  R.  5, 

rem  to  111. 
Robb  31,  John  William,  Mar.  2,  1873,  ex,  s  Joshua  R.  12,  res  B,  m. 
Robb,  21,  Joseph,  Sept.  30,  1831,  ex,  b  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  1810, 

s  Joshua  R.  10,  d  Sept.,  1865,  ae  55. 
Robb  10,  Joshua,  om,  1828,  s  Joseph  R.  5,  fr  Washington  Co;,  Pa., 

one  of  the  first  three  elders  of  the  ch,  published   the   first 

newspaper   of   Belief  on  taine  in   1830,   rem  to  Lima  in    1853, 

d  Jan.  26,  1865. 
Robb,  Jr.,  12,  Joshua,  Feb.  8,  1832,  ex,  s  John  R.  8,  d  here  Feb.  21, 

1873,  ae  66. 

Robb  family — i  Robert  (i)  Robb,  b  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  ab  1740,  emigrated  to 
Penn   ab  1760.    Chn,  2  George,  3  John,  4  James,  5  Joseph. 

Second  generation,  5  Joseph  (2)  Robb,  s  Robert,  mr  Mary  Hill,  moved  fr  York 
Co.,  Pa.,  to  Allen  Co.,  O.,  chn,  6  Robt.,  7  Samuel,  8  John,  9  David,  10 
Joshua,  and  others. 

Third  generation  -6  Robert  (3)  Robb,  s  Joseph,  mr  vSusan  Gray,  res  Washing- 
ton Co  ,  Pa  ,  and  Kentucky.  Among  chn  was  11  Jane,  who  mr  Wm.  Cook 
of  B,   183 1-7. 

7  Samuel  Robb,  s  Joseph,  res  Cross  Creek,   Pa.,  s  .Sylvester,  mr  Isabel  Moore, 

joined  this  ch  Feb. .8,  1832,  d  here  Mar.  23,  1896,  ae  87. 

8  John  Robb  3,  s  Joseph,  b  Oct.  8,  1772,  in  York  Co..  Pa.,  mr  1795,  in  Washington 

Co  ,  Pa.,  Nancy  Smith,  June  27,  moved  to  L,ogan  Co.,  1831  He  d  July  8, 
1850,  she  d  June  27,  1S35,  ae  60.  Chn,  12  Joshua,  13  John,  of  Oregon;  14 
Wm.,  mr  Margaret  Denny;  15  Elizabeth,  of  Penn.,  16  Rachel,  17  Sarah,  18 
Nancy  Ann,  19  Rebecca,  20  Ruth,  mr  I,uke  Barton. 

9  Colonel  David  Robb  3,  s  Joseph,  b  ab  1780  mr  Nancy  Gilchrist,    B,    1831,    rem 

to  Union  Co.,  O.,  Indian  agent  and  Commissioner  of  the  U.  S.  for  the 
removal  of  the  Shawnee  and  Seneca  Indians  fr  this  section.  No 
descendants. 

10  Joshua  Robb  3,  s  Joseph,  b  ab  1786,  York  Co.,  Pa.,  mr  Mary  Marquis  (No.  29 

in  Marquis  genealogy)  Aug.  27.  1807,  in  Washington  Co.,  Pa  ,  B  in  1827, 
rem  to  I^ima  1853,  ^"d  d  there  Jan  26,  1865,  she  d  Sept  24,  1863^  He  was 
the  first  elder  of  this  ch  and  Supt.  of  the  Sundaj'-school.  See  cut  and 
sketch  as  elder.  Chn,  21  Jo.seph,  d  1865;  22  Sarah  Griffith,  res  Schoul  Craft, 
Mich  ;  23  Judge  T,  Marquis,  24  Dr.  James,  25  Minerva  (Thomas.) 

Fourth  generation,  12  Joshua  (4)  Robb  s  of  John,  b  Sept.  12,  1806,  mr  Mar 
15,  1832,  vSarah  McP.  Nelson,  dau  John  and  Sarah  Marquis  (dau  John  No. 7) 
Nelson  (No  2).  He  came  to  B,  1831,  d  here  Feb.  21,  1873,  she  d  here  June  4, 
1892,  ae  78.  Chn,  26  I,ot,  res  Kan.;  27  Nancy,  mr  Wm.  Carson,  res  Kan.; 
28  Emily  mr  George  Henry,  res  B;  29  vSarah,  mr  Jas.  K.  Stevenson;  30  Lee, 
res  Florida;  31  John  Wm.,  res  B;  32  Mary  O.,  mr  J.  M.  Watkins;  33  Vance 
N.,  res  Jackson  Center,  34,  Robt  ,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

18  Nancy  Ann  4,  dau  John,  b  1S18,  mr  Wm.  McColloch,  d  here  1879.  Chn,  S.  A., 
Alice  (Brown),  Calvina  (Mcl,aughlin),  Robt.,  Margaret  (Moore),  Sarah 
(Moore),  Caroline  (Reid). 


256  PRKSBVTERIAN   CHURCH   HISTORW 

Robb  26,  Ivot,  Apr.  14,  i860,  ex,  s  Joshua  R  12,  living  in  Kan. 
Robb,  Margaret,  June  11,  1831,  cert,  Cross  Creek,  dau  Mr.  Denny, 

of  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  wf  Wm  R.,  14,  retd  to  Washington  Co.,  Pa. 
Robb,  Mary  A.,  Mar.  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  J.  W.  R.  31,  res  B,  m. 
Robb,  Mary  O.,  June  i,  1867,  dau  Joshua  R.  12,  mr  Jasper  Watkins, 

trans  Rushsylvania  May  3,  1870,  d. 
Robb  20,  Ruth,  Feb.  8,  1832,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  dau  John  R, 

8,  mr  Luke  Barton,  rem  to  Penn,  thence  to  Mo. 
Robb,  Ann,  Jan.  28,  1836,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,   dau  of  James 

Moore  of  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  wf   Thomas   Marquis   R.    23, 

rem  to  Lima  ab  1853,  d  Oct.,   1896. 
Robb,  Isabella,  Feb.  8,  1832,  cert.    Cross   Creek,    Pa.,    dau    James 

Moore,  mr  Sylvester  R.  7,  d  May  23,  1896,  ae  87. 
Robb,  Mary,  om,  1828,  wf  Joshua  R.  10,  (nee  Marquis  29)  rem  to 

Lima  1853,  d  Sept.  24,  1863. 
Robb  27,  Nancy  Ann,  Dec.  22,   1854,    ex,    dau  Joshua   R.    12,    mr 

Wm.  Carson  of  Iowa. 
Robb,  Nancy  Gilchrist,  Aug,  2,  1830,  cert  fr  Washington,  Guernsey 

Co.,  O.,  nee  Gilchrist  wf  Col.  David  R.  9.  rem  to  Union  Co. 
Robb,  Nancy,  Feb.  11,  1832,  ex,  dau  John  R.  8,  mr  Wm.  McCuUoch, 
Robb,  Nancy  J.,  Sept.  i,  1878,  ex,  dau  Geo.  Taylor,  wf  J.  Wm.  R. 

31,  res  B,  m. 
Robb,  Rena,  Mar.  3,  1895,  ex,  dau  J,  Wm,  R,  31,  mr  Frank  Shafer, 

res  B,  m. 
Robb,  Robert  Lee,  June  5,  i860,  ex. 
Robb  22,   Sarah,   Feb.    11,    1832,    ex,   dau  Joshua    Robb    10,,   res 

Schoolcraft,  Mich. 
Robb,  (Malone)  Sarah,  Mar.  21,  1857,  ex,   dau  Joshua  R.    12,  mr 

Jas,  K.  Stevenson,  Mar.  24,  1864,  d  Feb.  6,  1883,  ^^  39- 
Robb,  Vance  Nelson,  June  4,  1882,  ex,  s  Joshua  R,  12,  res  Jackson 

Center,  O. 
Robb  14,  William,  June  11,  1831,  cert  fr  Cross  Creek,  Pa.,  s  John 

R.  8,  ret  Pa.  d  Wash.  Co.,  Pa.,  Apr.  i,  187 1,  ae  70. 
Roberts,  Margaret  G.,  rem, 
Robinson,  Catherine  C,  Dec.  3,  1875,  cert  fr  Springfield,  dau  Rev. 

Mr.  Weaver,  wf  Jas.  Robinson,  res  Springfield,  O. 
Robinson,  Geo.  W.,  Jan.  16,   1859,  cert  fr  Findlay,  trans  Findlay 

Feb.  18,  1859. 
Rockwell,  Julia  A.,  Dec.  2,  1865,  cert,  dau  (?)  Wm.  Marquis  21, 

wf  M.  S.  R.,  trans  Findlay,  O.,  Mar.  27,  1870. 
Rockwell,  M,  S,,  Dec,  2,  1865,  cert,  trans  Findlay,  O.^Mar.  27,1870 


REGISTER  OF  MEMBERS.  257 

Rockwell,    Elizabeth,    Dec.   7,    1890,   cert,   mr   first   Mr.    Altman, 

second  M.  S.  R.,  res  B,  m. 
Rogers,  Elizabeth,   Mar.    10,    1876,   cert,  (nee  Houston),  sis  Mrs. 

Campbell,  mr  first  Mr.  Rogers,  second  Mr.  HofiF. 
Royer,  Alfred  G,  Jan.  21,  1858,  ex,  s  H.  R.,  d  here  ab  1885. 
Royer,  Jane  M.,  see  Jane  Mcllvaine,  rem. 
Rowe,  Carrie,  see  Carrie  McCormick. 
Rule,  Bella,  June  i,  1890,  cert,  dau  Matthew  R.   of  W.    Liberty, 

trans  Lima. 
Rutter,  Mattie  B  ,  see  Mattie  B.  Miller. 
Segar,  Nettie,  May  21,  1899,  cert  fr  Lima,  res  B,  m. 
Segar,  W.  M.,  May  21,  1899,  cert  fr  Lima,  res  B,  m. 
Salisbury,  David  B.,  Sept.  7,  1890,  cert,  res  B,  m. 
Salisbury,  Myrtle  M.,  Sept.  7,  1890,  ex,  dau  D.  B.  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Salisbury,  M.  Roberta,  dau  D.  B.  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Salisbury,  Sarah  C,  Sept.  7,  1890,  cert,  wf  D.  B.  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Salisbury,  Susan  K.,  Mar.  6,  1892,  ex,  dau  D.  B.  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Scarff,  Edwin  C,  Mar.  4,  1900,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Scarff,  Margaret  Gorton,  see  Margaret  Gorton  Riddle. 
Scheibell,  Ida  B,  Oct.   11,   1896,  cert  fr  Delaware,  dau  Rev.  Mr. 

Brown  of  Delaware,  O.,  wf  W.  O.  S.,  res  Columbus,  O, 
Scheibell,  Wm.  O.,  Oct.  11,  1896,  ex,  res  Columbus,  O. 
Scott,  Abraham,  Sept   30,  1831,  ex,  s  Joseph  S.,  rem  to  Shellsburg, 

Iowa,  d  there  ab  1880,  ae  ab  72,  blacksmith  and  farmer. 
Scott,  Elizabeth,  Feb.  11,  1832,  ex,  wf  Samuel  S.,  d  here. 
Scott,  Elizabeth,  Jan.  21,  1858,  ex,   dau  James   S.,   sis  David  S., 

trans,  d  here  ab  1880. 
Scott,  Joseph,  Mar.  14,  1833,  cert  fr  Utica,  elder  Utica  ch,  d  Lima 

ab  1873. 
Scott,  Jane,  June  11,  183 1,  ex,  dau  Geo.  Hoover,  wf  Abraham  S., 

d  in  Iowa  ab  1877,  ae  67. 
Scott,  Mary,  Mar.  14,  1833,  cert  fr  Utica,  wf  Jos.  S.,  d  hereab  1896, 

ae  ab  90. 
Scott,  Rachel,  Mar.  14,  1833,  cert  fr  Utica,  dau  Jos.  S. 
Scott,  Sarah,  Aug.  3,  1829,  cert,  (nee  Moore),  mr  Samuel  S.,  d  here 

ab  1847,  ae  ab  70. 
Scott,  Rhoda  A.,  Jan.  21,  1858,  ex,  dau  James  S.  of  Gettysburg,  O., 

.    trans  Toledo,  O.,  May  25,  1859,  ^  Mar.  19,  1875,  ae  ab  38. 
Scott,  Sarah,  Aug.  27,  1851,  cert. 
Secrest,  Henry,  om  1828,  b  in  Rockingham  Co.,  Va.,   1782,  came 

here  in  1816,  res  near  W.  Liberty,  d  there  Jan.  20,  1868,  ae  85. 


258  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 

Sessler,  John  M.,  Feb.  20,   1898,  cert,  s  Jacob  S.,  of  Bellecenter, 

res  Youngstown,  O.,  m. 
Shafer,  Rena,  see  Rena  Robb. 
Shaw,  Emma,  Mar.  11,  1865,  cert,  dau  Rev.  Jos.  S.  (s  Robt.  S.  of 

Kentucky),  res  B. 
Shaw,  Naomi,  Mar.  11,  1865,  cert,  dau  J.  Waite  of  Adams  Co.,  O., 

wf  Rev.  Jos.  Shaw,  d  Dec.  22,  1891. 
Shaw,  Sallie  H.,  Mar.  2,  1867,  ex,  dau  Rev.  Jos.  Shaw,  mr  W.  A. 

Campbell,  res  Lima,  O. 
Sheldon,  Rev.  George,  Feb.  22,  1866,  ex,  d  in  Illinois  ab  1875. 
Sheldon,  Mary  D.,  Aug.   30,   1856,   cert,   dau  Isaac  A.    Ogden  of 

Greenville,   O.,    mr   first  James   Scott,   second   Rev.    George 

Sheldon,  res  B,  m. 
Shepherd,  Mary,  see  Mary  Ash. 
Shepherd,   Barbara,    June  3,    1865,   cert,  dau  Jos.   Shepherd,    mr 

Morley  Knapp,  res  Kansas. 
Sherburne  M.  D.,  F.  B.,  Mar.  4,  1871,  cert,  rem  to  Newark,  O. 
Sherburne,  Joanna,  Mar.  4,  1871,  cert  wf  Dr.  F.  B.  S. 
Shields,  Jane,  om  1828,  (nee  McBeth),  mr  second  Thos.  Scott,and 

joined  Cherokee  Run  ch  before  183 1,  d  Rochester,  Ind. 
Shoots,  Jane,  trans. 
Shapp,  Jane,  June  12,  1852,  cert. 
Silver,  Lucinda  A.,  see  Lucinda  A.  Stevenson. 
Simpson,  Deborah,  Jan.  3,  1857,  ex,  dau  Jas.  Thompson  fr  Scotland, 

wf  Robt.  B.  S.,  trans  Mar    1861,  rem  to  Bellecenter. 
Simpson,  Robert  B.,  Mar.  29,  1857,  ex,  s  Matthew  S.,  b  Hunting- 
ton Co.,  Pa.,  trans  Mar.  1861,  rem  to  Bellecenter. 
Single,  Tillie,  June  3,  1900,  ex,  fr  Paris,  France. 
Slicer,  Anna  Bell,  Aug.  8,  1869,  ex,  dau  Walter  S.  fr  Fredericks- 
town,  Md.,  mr  Frank  W.  Blessing  fr  Greenville,  O,,  res  B,  m. 
Slicer,  Elizabeth,  Sept  16,  1837,  cert  fr  Dayton,  dau  Mr.  Stover  of 

Frederickstown,  Md.,  wf  of  Walter  S.,  d  here  March  18,  1886, 

ae  74. 
Slicer,  Cecelia,  March  7,  1874,  ex,  dau  Walter  S.,  mr  Wm.  Tim- 

monds,  res  Portland,  Ind. 
Slicer,  Lizzie,  March  7,  1874,  ex,  dau  Walter  S.,  res  B,  m, 
Sloan,  Andrew,  V.  S.,  Feb.  12,  1893,  ex  fr  Zanesfield,  d  here  Aug, 

8,  1896. 
Sloan,  Anna,  Dec.  3,  1882,  cert,  dau  Dr.  Andrew  S.,  mr  Mr.  Grubbs, 

res  B. 
Sloan,  Susan,  Dec,  3,  1882,  cert,  wf  Dr.  Andrew  S.,  d  Feb.  3,  1893. 


REGISTER  OF  MEMBERS.  259 

Sloat,  Nancy,  wf  Alonzo  S.,  rem  to  Clinton,  111.,  and  d  there. 

Smith,  Berry,  Jan.  28,  1900,  ex,  res  B,  m. 

Smith,  Emma,  Sept.  4,  1880,  ex,  dau  Wm.  S.,  mr  D.  W.  Norton. 

Smith,  Henry,  July  14,  1855,  cert. 

Smith,  Edwin  H.,  March  4,  1900,  ex,  res  B,  m. 

Smith,  Isabella,  March  3,   1895,  ex  fr  Pennsylvania,  dau   Henry 

Albright  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  wf  Vernon  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Smith,  John,  om,  Aug.  9,  1828,  ex,  came  here  181 1,  d  before  1838. 
Smith,    Lydia  H.,  Nov.   10,    1855,  cert,  dau  Mordacai  Vernon  of 

Chester  Co.,  Pa.,  wf  Robt.  S.  of  Ludlow  road,  d  Feb.  16,  1893, 

ae  73. 
Smith,  Margaret,  Nov.  10,  1855,  cert,  wf  Andrew  S. 
Smith,  Maria  E.,   Feb.   24,   1866,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Gibson,  wf  Berry 

5,  res  B,  m. 

Smith,  Anna  M.,  March  5,  1876,  ex,  dau  Berry  S.,  d  ab  1880. 
Smith,  Helen  May,  Dec.  8,  18S9,  cert  fr  Zanesfield,  dau  Jno.  May, 

wf  W.  E.  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Smith,  Sallie,  Feb.  29,  i858,  cert,  step  dau  Lyman  Cook,  mr  John 

Hollingsworth,  res  Iowa. 
Smith,  Robert  (long),  Dec  3,  1871,  ex  fr  Chattersford,  Chester  Co., 

Pa.,  son  Robert  S.  of  Wales,  lived  on  Ludlow  road,  d  March 

17,  1882,  ae  73. 
Smith,  Robert  (broad),  March  3,    1870,   cert  fr  Spring  Hill,  d  Jan. 

6,  1890,  near  Spring  Hill,  ae  ab  80. 
Smith,  Sarah,  om  1828,  wf  John  S.,  d. 

Smith,  Bella,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert,  sister  Henry  Lawson,  res  B,  m. 

Smith,  Ella,  May  24,  1873,  cert,  wf  Joshua  D.  S. 

Smith,  M.  Roberta,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Maggie,  Dec.  18,  1883,  cert. 

Smith,  Mrs.  Maggie,  May  31,  1874,  cert. 

Smith,  Margaret,  March  i,  1890,  cert,  dau  Richard  Armstrong,  wf 
J.  Crawford  Smith,  d  June  13,  1890,  ae  50. 

Smith,  Rachel,  March  3,  1870,  cert,  wf  Robert  S.  (broad),  of 
Spring  Hill,  d  Aug.  15,  1884. 

Smith,  Rebecca,  March  3,  1895,  ex,  dau  James  Hemphill  of  Lan- 
caster, Pa.,  wf  Wm.  S.,  res  B,  m. 

Smith,  Robert,  March  17,  1882,  d  ab  1894,  ae  ab  80. 

Smith,  Judge  Robert,  om  1828,  mr  Isabella  Burnside,  came  fr 
Greenbrier  Co.,  Va,,  in  181 1,  d  June  19,  1834. 

Smith,  Sarah  Olive,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(Byers)  S.,  res  B,  m. 


26o  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 

Smith,  Vernon,  March  3,  1895,  ex,  son  Robert  S.  (long)  res  B,  m. 

Smith,  Wm.  T.,  March  3,  1895,  ex,  son  Robert  S.,  res  B,  m. 

Smurthwaite,  Hattie  P.,  see  Hattie  P.  Boyd. 

Sparr,  Margaret  J,  see  Margaret  J.  Granstaff, 

Spaulding,  Julia,  Dec.  7,    1884,  cert  fr   Oberlin,    music    teacher, 

organist. 
Spittle,  Fred  C,  Dec.  7,  1899,  ex,  s  Joseph  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Spittle,  Mary,  Dec.  7,  1899,  ex,  dau  J.  D.  Emerson,  wf  Fred  C.  S., 

res  B,  m. 
Spaulding,    Anna  N.,  Dec.    7,    1884,    cert   fr   Oberlin,   ret    there, 

music  teacher,  organist. 
Stamm,  Elizabeth  A.,  see  Elizabeth  A.  Blair, 
Stamats,  Harry  C,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  Walter  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Stamats,  Mack  P.,  Sept.  4,  1892,  ex,  s  Walter  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Stamats,  Alice  F.,  Dec.  3,  1893,  cert,  wf  Willard  M.  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Stamats,  Emma,  May  6,  1888,  cert,  wf  Walter  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Stamats,  Nila  C,  March  3,  1895,  ex,  dau  Walter  S  ,  res  B,  m. 
Stamats,  Willard  M.,  March  4,  1894,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Stanton,  James  D.,  Feb.    27,    1867,    ex,    s   Benj.    Stanton,  fr  Mt. 

Pleasant,  O.,  res  Wheeling  W.  Va. 
Staples,  Margaret,  Feb.  2,  1856,  ex,  removed. 
Starr,  Mary  L.,  March  18,  1866,  cert,  dau  H.  N.  F  Cowan,  wf  Wm. 

Starr,  mr   2d,  Mr.  Fuller,  rem  to  Sandusky,  Soldier's  Home, 

April  22,  1888. 
Starret,  Mary  M.,  March  22,  1855,  ex,  res  Huntsville,  O. 
Stelle,  James,  June  5,  1864,  ex,  mr  Isabella,  dau  Robt.  Patterson, 

removed  to  Columbus  Grove,  O. 
Steele,  Martha  h.,  Jan.  16,  1859,  ^x,  dau  J  as.  S.,  of  Bellecenter,  fr 

Northwood,  teacher,  trans  to  Cherokee,  d  in  Northwood. 
Steen,  Mary  E.,  Nov.  29,   1885,  ex,  fr  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  dau 

Jas,  S.  of  Va.,  res  B,  m. 
Steen,  S,  Melissa  J.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  fr  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  dau 

Jas.  S.,  Va.,  res  B,  m. 
Steen,  Milton,  March  i,  1867,  ex,  s  James  S.,  fr  Brook  Co.,  Va., 

d  here. 
Steen,  Mortimor  Harris,  March  4,  1896,  ex,  s  M.  S.,  res  Da3'ton,  O. 
Steen,  Mattie  E.,  see  Mattie  E.  Bingham. 
Steen,  Nellie  G.  A.,  Sept.  6,   1885,    ex,  dau  Milton  S.,  mr  Wm. 

Kidder,  res  Springfield,  O. 
Stevenson,  Ann,  see  Ann  Marquis. 
Stevenson,  Charles  A.,  March  5,  1882,  ex,  s  Jos.  S.,  18,  res   B,  m. 


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Stevenson,  Anna  Mabel,  Feb.   20,     1898,    ex,    dau    David    M.    S., 

23,  res  B,  m. 

Stevenson,  David  M.,  23,  March  22, 
1855,  ex,  s  T.  M.  S.,  res  B,  m. 

Stevenson,  Elizabeth,  17,  Sept.  30, 
183 1,  ex,  dau  Rev  Jos.  S  ,  nir 
Josiah  Moore,  rem  ab  1859,  to 
Gibson  City,  111.,  d  Aug.  26,  1882. 

Stevens  )n,  Elsie  D.,  March  5,  1893, 
ex,  dau  Jos.  V.  S.,  31,  res  B,  m. 

Stevenson,  Gail  Price,  Feb.  20,  1898, 
ex,  s  Chas.  A  S.  (s  Jos.  18), 
res  B,  m. 

Stevenson,  George  N.,  June  3,  1883, 
ex,  s  Geo.  Pogue  S.,  supt.  Sunday- 
school  in  D,  res  Duluth,  Minn. 

Stevenson,  Gilbert  M.,  June  3,   1865, 
ex,  s  Jos.  S.,  18,  elder,  merchant, 
supt  Tel  Co.,  res  B,  m. 
Stevenson,  George  Pogue,  Jan.,  1857,  ex,  s  Jos.  S.,  18,  teacher,  ed- 
itor, miller,  R  R  agt,  res  Hamilton,  O. 

Stevenson  family— i  John  Stevenson,  b  England  abt  1735,  came  to  Head  of  Elk 
Co..  Pa.  in  1750,  m  abt  1765,  Mary  McCowan,  of  Md.  Abt  1780  moved  to 
Pigeon  Creek,  Washington  Co.,  Pa.,  and  took  a  leading  position  there; 
was  first  elder  ot  the  Pres  Ch  ;  first  mt-eting  of  Presbytery  of  Redstone 
was  held  at  his  house  (History  Redstone  Presbytery).  He  represented 
Washington  Co.  in  the  state  legislature  at  Philadelphia,  and  d  of  small- 
pox at  Hagerstown,  Md.,  while  returning  home.  Mar  ,  1785.  ae  50  Mrs. 
Mary  m  2nd  Judge  James  Edgar;  a  man  of  high  standing  in  church  and 
state;  she  d  Oct.  16,  1808  Chn,  2  Jane  (McComb);  3  Wm.;  4  Jno,  m  Eliza- 
beth Stevenson;  5  James;  6  Saml.;  7  Robt  ;  8  Jos.;9  Mary  (Miller)  and 
10  Elizabeth  (Mayes). 

Second  generation— 8  Rev.  Jos.  (son  John),  founder  and  first  pastor  of  this  ch. 
(see  sketch).  Chn,  11  Mar5^  12  Thos.  Marquis;  13  Jane;  14  Sallie,  d  y; 
15  Jno  McMillan;  16  Jas.  Edgar;  17  Elizabeth;  18  Jos.;  19  Susannah,  d  y; 
20  Robt.;  21  Ann,  d  v. 

11  Mary  (dau  Rev.  Jos.)  b"i8o5,  m.      James  Byers,  1823,  d  1868,  m.     Chn,  Jos.  S., 

Thos.  M..  Jno.  Wilson,  Sarah  (Combs),  Margaret  (Jackson), Jas.  E., Rachel 
A.  (Hatcher),  Sam'l,  Eliza  C.  (Smith.) 

12  Thos.  Marquis,  (.son   of   Rev.  Jos.)  b   1807,  mr  1828,  Judith  Hover,  d   1865  m. 

Chn  20  Sarah  (Gilmore),  21  Rev.  Joseph  H.,  22  Peter  d,  23  David  M  ,  24 
Mary  E  ,  25  Susannah,  26  lyucinda  A.  (Silver)  27  Hannah  J.  (Koons), 
28  Maria  C  (Mitchell). 

15  Rev.  John  McMillen,  D.  D  ,  see  sketch  chn  of  church  m. 

16  James   Edgar  (s  Rev.  Jos.)   b   1814,  mr  i  Margaret  Marquis,  1835,  mr  2   1846. 

Hannah  Moore  Hover;  res  Raymore,  Mo.,  m.  Chn  29  Marion  M.,  30  John 
M..  31  Joseph  v.,  32  Geo.  C  ,  33  Mary  Ann.  (mr  Albert  Kalb,  res  Mo.)  34 
Rev.  Jas.  Edward  ,  35  Sarah  Belle,  mr  Jacob  Griffith 

17  Elizabeth  (dau  Rev.  Jos.)  b  1816,  mr  1834  Josiah  Moore,  res  Gibson  City,  111., 

m.   Chn,  Jos   W.,  Jas.  I^.,  Jno.  S..  Sarah  C.  (Huber),  Wm.  M.,  Geo.  P. 

18  Joseph  (s  Rev.  Jos.)    see  Sketch  as  Elder,  m. 

20  Robert  b,  1822.  mr  Nancy  J.  Osborn,  1850,  d  i860.  Chn,  David  O.,  m,  Charles 
C,  Nannie  K. 


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Stevenson,  Grace,  Feb.  20.  1898,  ex,  dau   Jos   V.  S.,  31,  res  B,    ni. 
Stevenson,    Hannah,  dau   Mr.   Hover,  wf  James  E.    S.,    16,   trans 

Rayniore,  Mo.,  May  11,  1878.  d. 
Stevenson,  Hannah   Jane,  27,  Sept    29.  1861,  ex,  dau  T.  M.  S.,  mr 

Prof.   Frank  M.  Koons,  trans  N.  Mansfield,  Ct.  1882  (see  child 

of  chu ) . 
Stevtnson,  Lucinda  A.,  26,  Jan.  1857,   ex,  dau  Thos.    Marquis  S., 

mr  Joseph  R.  Silver,  res  Topeka,   Kan. 


GEORGE   POGUE   STEVENSON 


Stevenson,  James  Edward,  34,  March   i,   1876,  ex,  s  James  Edgar 

S.,  res  Raymore,  Mo.,  (see  sketch  child  of  chu). 
Stevenson,  James  Edgar,  16,  s  of  Rev.  Jos,  S.,  trans  Raymore.  Mo., 

May  II,  1878,  d  there. 
Stevenson,  Jas.  K.,  April  14,  i860,  ex,  s  Jos.  S.,  18,  trans  Huntsville, 

1869,  retd  1895,  res  Zanesfield. 
Stevenson,  Jennette  L.,  Jan.  5,  1864,  cert  fr  Reynoldsburg,  O.,  dau 

Mr.  Thompson  of  New  Richland,  wf  Geo.   P.  S.,  (see  18),  d 

here  Feb.  20,  1865,  ae  24. 


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MRS.    D.    M.    STEVENSON. 


Stevenson,  Jessie  W.,  Sept.  10,  1894,  ex,  dau  David  M.  S.,  23,  res 

B,  m. 
Stevenson,  John  McMillen,  D.  D.,  15, 

Sept,  30,   I  ^31,  ex,  s  Rev.  Joseph 

Stevenson  (see  chn  of  ch). 
Stevenson,  John  Milton,  30,  Jan.,  1857, 

ex,  s  Jas.  E.  S.,  res  Dakota. 
Stevenson,  Joseph  H.,  21,  May  12,  1850, 

s  Thos.  Marquis  S.,  pastor  P.  ch., 

Golconda,  111.  (see  chn  of  ch). 
Stevenson,   Joseph,    r8,   bet    1840   and 

1845,    cert   fr   Cheroke    Run    ch, 

s  Rev.   Joseph  Stevenson,   joined 

Cherokee  Run  June  6,  1840,  res  B, 

m  (see  sketch). 
Stevenson,  Jos,  Edwin,  March  4,  1876, 

ex,  s  Jos.  S.,  18,  res  B,  m. 
Stevenson,  Jos.  V.,  31,  April  14,  i860, 

ex,  s  of  James  E.  S.,  res  B,  m. 

Stevenson,    Judith,  dau  Mr.  Hover,  wf  of  Thos.  M.  S.,  12,  d  Feb. 
12,  1865,  ae  58. 

Stevenson,  Margaret  Ann,  bet  1840 
and  1845,  cert  fr  Cherokee,  dau 
Jas.  Kerr,  3,  wf  Jos.  Stevenson,  18, 
had  prev.  joined  Cherokee  Run 
ch,  Jan.  6,  1840,  res  B.  m. 

Stevenson,  Martha  A.,  see  Martha  A. 
Martin. 

Stevenson,  Mary  Elizabeth,  24,  Jan., 
1857,  ex,  dau  Thos.  Marquis  S., 
res  Atlanta,  Ga    (see  chn  of  ch). 

Stevenson,  Sue,  25,  Dec.  5,  1863,  cert 
fr  Warsaw,  dau  T.  M.  S..  res 
Topeka,  Kan.  (see  chn  of  ch). 

Stevenson,  Marion  M.,  29,  Oct.  15, 
1859,  cert  from  Oxford  ch,  s  Jas. 
E.  Stevenson,  killed  July  20,  1861, 
in  civil  war. 

Stevenson,  Amanda  S.,  Sept.  2,  1876. 
cert,  dau  Joseph  W.  Kerr,  wf  David  M.  S.,  23,  res  B,  m. 


MRS     G.   M.   STEVENSON. 


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rRKSBVTERlAN    CHURCH    HISTORY. 


Stevenson,  Emma  L. 


MRS.    HANNAH     M.   STEVENSON. 


May   14,    1887,   cert,  dau  Mr.   McAuley,  wf 

James  Edwin  S.,  res  B,  m. 
Stevenson,  Mina  C,  Jan.  26,  1879,  cert, 

dau  John  W.  Carr,  wf  Geo.  Pogue 

S.,  res  Hamilton,  O. 
Stevtnson,  Sarah,  om  1828,  dau  Thos. 

Marquis,  8,  wf  Rev.  Joseph  S  ,  8, 

d  July  25,  1849,  ae  68.    See  special 

mention. 
Stevenson,  Pearl,  March  5,  1893,  cert, 

dau  Jos.  V.  S.,  31,  res  B,  m. 
Stevenson,  Rev.  R.  D.  M.  Scott,  June 

2,  1877,  cert,  s  Jos.  S.,  18,  pastor 

Pres.  ch.   Carmi,  111.     See  sketch 

chn  of  ch. 
Stevenson,  Sarah,   dau  Thos.    M.    S., 

mr   Wm.  Gilmore,  d  Sept  7,  1870, 

ae  40. 


Stevenson,  Sarah  Bell,  35,    March    i, 

1876,  ex,  dau  Jas.  E.  S.,  mr  Jacob  Griffith,  res  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Stevenson,  Sarah  M.,  see  Sarah  M.  Robb. 
Stevenson,  Susan  Ida,  March  5,  1882, 

ex,  dau  Marquis  Coen,   wf  Chas. 

A.  S.,  18,  res  B,  m. 
Stevenson.  Thos.  M.,   12,  s  Rev.  Jos. 

S.,  d  Topeka,  Kan.,  Dec.  27,  1883, 

ae  76,  see  sketch  Elders. 
Stewart,  Anna,  see  Anna  Bergen. 
Stewart,  Catherine,  Feb.  20,  1898,  cert 

fr  Rushsylvania,  dau  Samuel  S.  of 

Springfield,  O.,  res  B,  m. 
Stewart,  Edna  B.,  Nov.  29,  1885,  ex, 

dau  John  K.  S..  trans  to  M.  E.  ch, 

res  Columbus,  O. 
Stewart,  Effie  May,  Nov.  19,  1885,  ex, 

dau  Mrs.  Jennie  S. 
Stewart,   Gertrude  B.,  Nov.   29,  1885, 

ex,  dau  John  K.  S.,  trans. 
Stewart,   Mary  E.,  Feb.  24,  1867,  ex, 

dau  Jas,  S.,  res  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  unm. 
Stewart,  Minnie  V.,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  Perry  S.,  d. 


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MARGARET    A.    STEVENSON. 


Stewart,  Jennie,  March  4,  1876,  ex,  wf  Perry  S.,  res  B. 
Stewart,  Jane,  April  20,  1833. 
Stewart,  Perry,  Feb.   28,  1885,  cert,  d 

here  Dec,  1886. 
Stinchcomb,  Bertha  E.,  see  Bertha  E. 

Campbell. 
Stough,    Carrie    M.,    see    Carrie     M. 

Lemon. 
St.   John,   Rebecca  J.,  Jan.,    1857,  ex, 
dau  Mr.  Toland,  wf  R.  H.  St.  J., 
res  Cleveland,  O. 
St.  John,  R.   H.,  Sept.  5,  1868,  ex,  d 
Cleveland,  O  ,  see  sketch  Sunday 
school  superintendent. 
Stover,  Alice  W.,  Feb.  2,  1856,  ex,  dau 
James  Stover,  res   West    Liberty, 
O  ,  m. 
Stover,   Charlotte,   Dec    22,  1854,   ex, 
wf  James   S.    fr  Frederickstown, 
Md.,  d  here  July  ^4,  1883. 
Stover,  Anna  M.,  Jan.  1857,  ex,  dau  James  S.,  mr  John  Lindsey, 

res  Detroit,  Mich. 
Stover,   James,    Dec.    22,    1854,  ex,  fr 
Frederickstown,    Md.,    d    Dec.    2, 
18^0. 
Strother,  Eliza,  Aug.  27,  1851,  ex,  mr 
I  Hiram  S.,  who  d  here  abt   1880, 
ae  70,  mr  2  W.  Neriah  McMichael. 
Sutton,  Jane,  see  Jane  McCoid. 
Swan,  John,  Aug.  21,  1853,  cert  Buck 

Creek,  d  i860,  ae  51 
Swan,  Lottie,  dau  J.  S.,  res  Decatur, 
111.,  teacher,  had   a  great   strong 
sweet  voice,  mr  James  L&.ke. 
Swan,  Susan,  Aug.  21,  1853.  cert,  wf 

J.  S.,  d  June  4,  1859.  ae  59. 
Talcott,  Asa  G.,    Feb.   24,   1867,    cert, 

res  Silver  Creek,  N.  Y. 
Tam,  Cora  L.,  Mar.  5,  1882,   ex,   dau 


MRS.    T.   M.   STEVENSON. 


Alice  Tam,  mr  Earl  Perkins,  res  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Tarbutton,  Carrie  A.,  Nov.   i,  1885,  ex,  dau  G,  T. 


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PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH   HiSTORV. 


MRS.    R.    H.    ST.    JOHN. 


Tani,  Sarah  Alice,  Aug.  30,  1874,  ex,  dau  Jno.  Miller,  wf  Col.  Jos, 

S.  T.,  res  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Tar  button,   Geo.   Ross,   Dec.  6, 

1894,  ex,  s  G.  T. 
Tarbutton,    Arrie,  Dec.  7,  1884, 
cert  fr  Huntsville,  dau  Abr. 
Elder,  wf  Geo.  T.,  res  Day- 
ton, O. 
Taylor,  Anna  M.,  Jan,  26,  1900, 

ex,  res  B  m. 
Taylor,  Henry,  Nov.  29,1843,  ex, 

s.  Geo.  T.,  res  Stokes  tp. 
Taylor,    Emma   L.,    see   Emma 

L.  Freer. 
Taylor,  Jane,  Nov.  29,  1843,  see 

Jane  Marquis. 
Taylor,    Edward    A.,    Jan.     26, 

1900,  ex,  res  B,  m. 

Taylor,  I.  C,  Jan.  12,  1850,  ex, 

s  Sam'l   T.    of   Va.,    trans, 

prob  a  physician  of  DeGrafT  and  West  Liberty. 

Taylor,  Joseph  W.,  Jan.  1857,  ex,  s  Henry  T.,  res    near  Reservoir. 

Taylor,  Capt.  Lewis,  March  25,  1875,   ex,    s  Sam'l  Taylor,  fr  near 

Harper's  Ferry,  Va.,  d  Apr.  2,   1875. 
Taylor,  Lizzie,  July  6,  1886,  cert,  dau  Mr,  McGowan,  wf  T.  O.  T., 

res  Columbus,  O. 
Taylor,  Alice,  June  3,  1897,  cert,  dau  Mahlon  T.,  res  B,  m. 
Taylor.  Amanda  M.,  June  3,  1897,  cert,  dau  Thomas  Gore  of   Lou- 
don county,  Va.,  wf  Mahlon  T.,  d  Oct.  28,  1898,  ae  75. 
Taylor,  Mary,  Feb.  24,    1867,   cert,   dau   Mr.    Musselman   of   Port 

Jefferson,  O.,  wf  Capt.  Lewis  T.,  res  Carthage,  Mo. 
Taylor,  Thos.  Oscar,  July   6,  1886,  cert,  s   Mahlon    K.  T.,  res   Co- 
lumbus, O., 
Tharp,  lola,  see  lola  P.  Henry. 
Thomas,  Amanda  B.,  March  i,  1878,  cert,  wf   W.  P.  T.,  now   Mrs, 

Smithers  of  Burlington,  Iowa. 
Thomas,  Wm.  P.,  March  i,  1878,  cert,  d. 

Thompson,  Bertha  E..  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  Smith  R,  T.,  res  B,  m, 
Thompson,  Nancy,  see  Nancy  Watson. 
Thompson,  Catherine  Ann,  Jan.  16,  1859,  ex,  trans. 
Thompson,  Ellen,  Dec.  8,  1889,  cert,  wf  J.  T,,  res  B,  m. 


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Thompson,  John,  Dec.  8,  18S9,  ex,  res  B.  m 

Thompson,  Mabel  C,  Sept.  6, 
1885,  ex.  dau  ].  T.,  res  B,  m. 

Thompson,  Leonora,  March  7, 
1897,  ex,  wf  S.  Mark  T., 
res  B,  m. 

Thompson,  Aseneth  M.,  March 
7,  1874,  cert,  dau  Chas. 
Rockwell,  of  Conn.,  wf 
Smith  R.  T.,  res  B,  m. 

Timmons,  Cecelia,  see  Cecelia 
Slicer. 

Thornhill,  Belle  W.,  Oct.  29, 
1894,  cert,  dau  A.  B.  Walk- 
er, Jackson,  O.,  mr  F.  T.  T. 

Timberlake,  Matilda,  see  Matil- 
da Hoffman. 

Traul,  Lee  E.,  Dec.  9,  1894,  ex, 
reis  B,  m. 

Trautwein,  Henry,  Jan.  31,  1895, 
cert,  res  Springfield,  O. 


MRS.    NAOMI    SHAW. 


MRS.    IDA    (ST.    JOHN)   SCHAEFFER. 

Trautwein,  Sallie  B.,  June  2,  1895, 
cert,  res  Springfield,  O, 

Turner,  Almira  S.,  Jan.  30,  1863,  ex, 
dati  Alexander  Rhodes,  fr  Ran- 
dolph county,  Va.,  mr  r  Edward 
T.,  mr  2  Arthur  Rhodes,  res 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Turner,  Edward,  Jan.  30,  1863,  cert  fr 
Franklin,  O.,  rem. 

Turner,  Jos.  Andrew,  Feb.  20.  1898, 
ex,  s  Thos  J.,  (s  Jos.,  s  Jno. 
(below)  T. ),  res  B,  m. 

Turner,  John,  om  1828,  d  near  De- 
Graff,  very  old. 

Turner,  Lena.   Feb,    20,  1898,  ex,  dau 


J.  A.  T.,  res  B,  m. 
Turner,  Sophronia.  Nov.  7,  1871,  cert. 


268  PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH   HISTORY. 

Turner.  Georgiana,  Dec.  5,   1S97,  cert,  dau  Jno.  Grimes,   \vf  J    A, 

T.,  res  B,  m. 
Tuttle,  Almira,  March  18,  1866,  cert,  wf  D.  T. 
Tuttle,  Daniel,  March   18,    1866,   cert,    rem  to  Springfield,  O.,  ab 

1874,  music  teacher. 
Underwood,  Lida,  see  Lida  Currier. 

VanEaton,  Luella  F.,  Feb.  24,  1880,  ex,  dau  Jos.  C.  V,,  mr   Stan- 
ley McKee,  res  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
VanEaton,  Sarah  E.,  see  Sarah  E.  Bennett. 
VanMeter,  Mary,  Dec.  7,  1899,  cert  Rushsylvania,  O.,  dau  Henr}' 

v.,  mr  Mr.  Loftus,  res  Cleveland,  O. 
VanMeter,  Anna,  Apr.  15,  1900,  cert  Rushsylvania,  O.,  wf  H.  V., 

res  B,  m. 
V^anMeter,  Henry,  Apr.  15,  1900,  cert   Rushsylvania,  O.,  res  B,  m. 
Waggoner  Sylvia,  Feb.  6,  1887,  ex,  organist,  trans. 
Walker,  Anna  E.,  Dec.  i,  1866,    cert,  dau    Mr.    Buckingham,    of 

Springfield,  O..  wf  Sam'l  W.,  d  ab   1885  at  Council  Bluffs,  la. 
Walker,  Elizabeth,  dau  Mr.  Funk,  wf  Jas.  Walkar,  wagon  maker, 

d  July  30,  1875,  ae  ab  80. 
Walker,  Elizabeth,  June  25,  1857,  cert    fr  Cecil  county,  Md.,   dau 

Wm.  Louther,  wf  Wm.  W.,  d  July  30,  1861,  ae  75. 
Walker,  James,    Feb.    28,    1867,  ex,    s   Wm.   Walker   attorney,    d 

here  July  23,  1885,  ae  60, 
Walker,  Jane   L.,  Oct.    17,    1857,  cert,    sis  Jas,  Walker    attorney, 

trans  Aug.  10,  1858,  d  unm  Mar,  19,  1899,  Council    Bluffs,  la. 
Walker,  Mabel,  Dec.  8,  1889,  ex,  dau  Jas.  Walker,  res  B,  m. 
Walker,  Mary  H.,  Feb.  28,  1867,    ex,  dau    Frederick   Hanger,   of 

West  Liberty,  formerly  of  Md.,wf  Jas.  Walker  atty.,  res  B,  m. 
Walker,  Sarahbella,    March    6,    1876,    ex,    dau   Jas.    W.    atty,    wf 

Robt.  P.  McColloch,  res  Anthony,  Kan. 
Walker,  William,  June   25,  1857,    cert,  s  Jos.  W.,  of   Washington 

county.  Pa.,  (s  Wm.,  Cumberland,  Pa. )  d  here  May  1865,  ae  78. 
Wallace,  Christina,  see  Christina  Hawthorn. 
Wallace,  James  Fuller,  Dec.  6,   1896,   cert  fr  Greeley,  Col.,  s  Dr. 

Jas.  P.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wallace,  Dr.  J.  P.,  June  10,  1871,  cert,  s  Rev.  Samuel  and  Nancy 

A.  (Barnett)  W.,  physician,  d  March  11,  1894,  ae  44. 
Wallace,  Margaret  H.,  Dec.  6,  1896,  cert  fr  Greeley,  Col.,  dau  Dr. 

J.  P.  W.,  m. 
Wallace,  Laura  E.,  June  10,  1877,  cert,  dau  Wm.  Garvey  of  Piqua, 

wf  Dr.  J.  P.  W.,  res  B,  m. 


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MRS.   N.   A.  WALLACE. 


Wallace,  Hallet  D.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  Dr.  Jas.  P.  W.,  res  B,  m. 

Wallace,  Nancy  A.,  Dec.  6,  1896,  cert, 
flau  Samuel  Barnett  of  Springfield, 
O  ,  wf  Rev.  Samuel  Wallace,  res 
B,  m. 

Wallace,  Nannie  E.,  Dec.  6,  1896,  cert 
fr  Greeley,  Col.,  dau  Dr.  J.  P.  W., 
wf  Paul  O.  Batch,  res  B,  m. 

Wallace,  William  G.,  Dec.  6,  1896, 
cert  fr  Greeley,  Col.,  s  Dr.  J.  P. 
W.,  res  B,  m. 

Ward,  Jane,  June  28,  1861,  cert  fr 
Urbana,  trans  Urbana  1863. 

Ward,  Lucretia,  Dec.  3,  1882,  ex. 

Ward,  W.  K.,  June  28,'  1861,  cert  fr 
Urbana,  trans  Illinois. 

Watkins,  Elizabeth,  wf  James  W. 

Watkins,  Henry,  before  1844  lived  near 
Rushsylvania,  moved  west  and  d. 

Watkins,  Louisa,  before  1844,  dau  Mr.  Brockerman,  wf  Henry  W., 
moved  west. 

Watkins,  James. 

Wat.'^on,  Jane,  Aug.  9,  182^,  dau  Wm.  and  Ruth  W.,  joined  Chero- 
kee Run  ch  June,  1829,  on  cert  fr  B,  d  before  1831. 

Watson,  Nancy,  member  in  B  1829,  dau  Wm.  W.,  mr  Jason  Thomp- 
son, joined  Cherokee  Run  ch  June,  1829,  on  cert  fr  B. 

Watson,  Ruth,  June  10,   1859,  cert  fr  Cherokee,  was  from  County 
Tyrone,  Ireland,  wf  Wm.  W.,  d  in  1861,  ae  63. 

Watson,  Sarah,  om,  Aug.  7,  1828,  ex,  dau  Wm.  and  Ruth  W.,  sis 
Dr.  David  W.,  mr  Thos.  Irwin,  d  here  ab  1880,  ae  ab  75. 

Walter,  Eliza  M.  C,  Jan.  14,  i860,  ex,  dau  Thos.  Carson  of  North- 
ern Ireland,  wf  J.  C.  W,,  d  in  1896  in  Rushs3'lvania. 

Walter,  John  C,  Jan    14,  i860,  ex,  s  Jacob  W.  of  near  Miflflinsville, 
Columbia  Co.,  Pa.,  res  Rushsylvania. 

Weaver,  Joseph  W.,  Sept.  i,  1889,  cert  fr  Canada,  elder,  res  B,  m. 

Weaver,  Alice,  see  Alice  Jamison. 

Webster,  Dola  L.,  April  18,  1897,  ex,  res  Cleveland,  O. 

Wellman,    Anna   A.,  Sept.  20,   1899,  cert  fr  St.  Elmo,  Tenn.,  wf 
Vance  W.,  res  B,  m. 

Wellman,  Moses  B.,  Aug.  27,  185 1,  cert,  d  here  in  1863,  ae  ab  60. 

West,  Clara  E.,  April  18,  1897,  ex,  dau  J.  E.  W.,  res  B,  m. 


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West,   Samuel  A.,  M.  D.,  Jan.  16,  1887,  cert,  d  here  April  7,  1890, 

ae  28. 

West,  Ella  L.,  Nov.  i,  1885,  cert,  dau 
Judge  Isaac  Johnson  of  Wooster, 
O.,  wf  J.  E.  W..  res  B,  m. 

West,  Elizabeth  W.,  June  14,  185 1, 
cert,  wf  Judge  Wm.  H.  W.,  d 
June  22,  1871. 

West,  John  E.,  Dec.  31,  1882,  ex,  s 
Judge  W,  H.  W.,  supt,  Sunday- 
school,  elder,  attorney,  res  B,  m. 

West,  Johnson  E.,  April  18,  1897,  ex, 
s  J.  E.  W.,  res  B,  m. 

West,  Mattie  F.,  March  6,  1887,  cert, 
dau  Mr.  Fullington  of  Marysville, 
O.,  wf  Wm.  A.  W.,  res  B,  m. 

West,  Samuel  E.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex, 
s  J.  E   W.,  res  B.  m. 

West,   Wm.    A.,  May  2,    1876,    cert,   s 


JUDGE   W.    H.  WEST. 


Judge  W.  H.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
West,  Wm.  Fullington,  Feb.  20,  1898.  ex,  s  W.  A.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
West,   Wm.    H.,    attorney,    judge    of 

supreme  court,  res  B,  m. 
Wheeler,      Margaret,     see      Margaret 

McLaughlin. 
White,   Eliza  Ann,   Aug.    24,  1850,  ex, 

dau  Wm.  W.,  mr  Daniel   McCoy, 

res  near  B,  m. 
Whiteas,  Thomas,  brick  mason,  helped 

build  first  ch  1828,  rem  Huntsville. 
Whiteas,    Mrs.,    wf    Thos.    W.,    d    in 

Huntsville,  O. 
Whitehead,    Anna   M.,   Feb.   4,    1889, 

dau  Edw.  W.,  d  Oct.  20,  1898. 
Whitehead,   Geraldine,    Feb.   4,   1889, 

cert,  dau  Edward  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Whitehead,   Jessie   M.,    Feb.    4,    1889, 

cert,  dau  Edward  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Whitehead,  Rebecca  A.,  Feb.  4,  1889, 

cert  fr  Buck  Creek,  O.,  dau  Mr.  Morrison,  wf  Edward  W., 

d  Spring  1900. 


REBECCAH    A.    WHITEHEAD. 


REGISTER   OF  MEMBERS.  27I 

Whitworth,  Katie,  see  Katie  Kernan. 

Wilkinson,   Hattie   E.,  Dec.   7,    1879,  cert  fr  Troy,  O.,   wf  J.   C. 

Wilkinson,  fine  singer,  was  in  the  choir,  rem  ab  1884. 
Wilkinson,  J.  C,  Dec.  7,  1879,  cert,  shoemaker,  rem  1884. 
Wilkinson,  Walter,  Dec.  7,  1879,  cert  fr  Troy,  O.,  s  J.  C.  W.,  rem. 
Williams,  Jane,   April  20,   1833,  cert  fr  Bath,  dau  Isabella  W,  res 

Cherokee. 
Williams,  Isabella,  April  20,  1833,  cert  fr  Bath. 
Williams,  Wilhelmina,  Nov.  9,  1899,  cert  Rushsylvania,  res    B,  m. 
Wilson,  Alexander,  April  8,  1835,  cert  fr  Cadiz,  O.,  rem  west. 
Wilson,    Ebenezer,    om,    Aug.    9,    1828,  fr   Hancock  Co.,    d    near 

Spring  Hill,  very  old. 
Wilson,  Emery  J.,  March  4,  1894,  ex,  s  Dr.  J.  H.  W,,  res  B,  m. 
Wilson,  Jane,  March  13,  1834,  cert  fr  Bloomingsburg,  O.,  wf  Robt. 

R.  W. 
W^ilson,  Joseph  H.,  M.  D.,  March  i,  1878,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Wilson,  John,  April  i,   1848,  ex  fr   Mercer  Co.,  Pa.,  carpenter,  d 

March  21,  1870,  ae  61. 
Wilson,  Legusta  M.,  March  4,  1894,  ex,  dau  Dr.  J.  H.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wilson,  Margaret,    March   13,   1834,   cert  fr  Bloomingsburg,    dau 

Robt  R.  W. 
Wilson,  Mary  lyuella,  see  Mary  L,uella  Emery. 

Wilson,  Harriett  F.,  Dec.  6,  1896,  cert,  milliner,  rem  Springfield,  d. 
Wilson,  Nancy,  April  i,  1848,  ex,  dau  Mr.  Gassof  Georgetown,  O., 

wid  John  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wilson,  Polly,  April  8,  1835,  cert  Cadiz,  O.,  wf  Alex  W.,  rem  west. 
Wilson,  Robert  R.,  March  13,  1834,  cert  fr  Bloomingsburg,  O. 
Winner,  Daisy  W.,  Jan.  28,  1900,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Wood,  Fred,  June  2,  1895,  cert,  s  R.  B.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wood,  James  Roy,  March  4,  1894,  ex,  s  R,  B.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wood,    Margaret,    Oct.    i,    1831,   ex,  dau  Matthew  W.,  mr.  Elijah 

Parker,  rem  to  Mo.,  and  d  there  Aug.  19,  1887,  ae  73, 
Wood)  Martha  M.,  see  Martha  M.  Kerr. 
Wood,  Matthew,  June  16,  1829,  cert,  fr  Sanghewar,  Dumfreshire, 

Scotland,  May  26,  1818,  d  here  Oct.  1855,  ae  75. 
Wood,  Mary,  Aug.  3,   1829,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Parker  of  Scotland,  wf 

Matthew  W.,  d  here  May,  1844,  ae  60. 
Wood,  Nancy,  June  2,  1895,  cert,  dau  James  McCammen  of  Zanes- 

ville,  O.,  wf  Ransom  B.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wood,    Ransom   B,  June  2,    1895,  cert,  s  R.  Brash  W,  merchant, 

res  B,  m. 


272  PRKSBVTERIAN    CHURCH    HISTORY. 

Wood,  Ralph,  June  2,  1895,  cert,  s  R.  B.  W,,  res  B,  ni. 
Wood,  Ransom  Knox,  June  2,  1895,  cert,  s  R.  B.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wood,  Robert,   Feb.  8,  1832-^  ex,  s  Matthew  W.,  d  here  ab  i860j 

ae45. 
Woodworth,  Cornelia  E.,  March  7.  1897,  trans  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 
Warden,  Maggie,  see  Maggie  McCracken, 
Wren,  John,  Jan.  5,  i860,  ex. 

Wright,  Bessie,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  dau  Carter  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wright,  Dr.  A.   L.,  March  4,   1876,  ex,  s  Dr.  T,  L.  W.,  physician 

and  real  estate,  res  B,  m. 
Wright,  Katherine,  see  Katherine  Moore. 
Wright,  Hattie  A.,   March  5,   1876,  ex,   dau  A    G.  W.,   nir  John 

Brand,  res  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Wright,  Clara  G.,  March  5,  1876,  ex,  dau   Israel    and    Roxy    Olds 

Gregg,  wf  Dr.  A.  L.  W.,  res  B,  m. 
Wright,  Mary,  March  2,    1873,  ex,  wf  A.  G.  W.,  res  Indianapolis, 

Ind. 
Yates,  Andrew,  Dec.  16,  1848,  ex  fr  W.  Alexander,  Pa.,  s  Wm.  Y., 

trans  Bellecenter,  d  in  civil  war. 
Yates,  Margaret,  Aug.  15,   1846,  ex,  sis  John  Stevenson  of  Wayne 

Co  ,  O.,  wf  Wm.  Y.,  trans  Cherokee  Run  ch  1848. 
Yates,  William,  Aug.   15,   1846,  ex,  s  Wm.  and  Elizabeth  (Kerr) 

Yates,  trans  Cherokee  Run  ch  1848,  d  ab  1880. 
Yazel,  Lizzie  M.,  Dec.  1888,  ex,  mr  Wm.  Nelson,  res  B,  m. 
Yeager,  Herschell,  Sept.  5,   1896,  cert,  s  Rev.  Y.,  trans  Wooster, 

O.,  March  26,  1899. 
Yeager,  Howard,  Sept.  5,  1896,  cert,  s  Rev.  Y.,  trans  Wooster,  O., 

March  26,  1899. 
Yeager,  Addie,  Sept.  5,  1896,  cert,  wf  Rev.  Y.,  trans  Wooster,  O  , 

March  26,  1899. 
Yeager,  Hope,  Sept.  5,  1896,  cert,  dau  Rev.  Y.,  trans  Wooster,  O., 

March  26,  1899. 
Yoder,  Christian  E.,  June  3,  1900,  cert  fr  New  London,  O.,  res  B,  m. 
Yoder,  Viola  Alma,  June  3,  1900,  cert  fr  New  London,  O.,  w^f  C.  E. 

Y.,  res  B,  m. 
Young,  Elizabeth,  adm  Cherokee  Run  ch  June  19,  1829,  fr  B,  dau 

Robert  Y. 
Young,    Margaret,  adm  Cherokee  Run  ch  June  19,  1829,  fr  B,  wf 

Robert  Y. 
Young,  Sarah  M.,  Sept.  3,  1880,  cert  fr  N.  Y.  vState,  milliner,  res 

B,  m. 


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Young,  Robert,  adm  Cherokee  Run  ch  June  19,  1829,  fr  B. 
Ziegler,  Nannie  A.,  see  Nannie  A.  Huston. 
Zimmerman,  Jessie,  April  29,  1900,  ex,  dau  Louis  Z.,  res  B,  m. 
Zimmerman,   George  Morley,   Feb.  3,    1895,  ex,  son  John  R.  Z., 

res  B,  m. 
Zimmerman,  Henrietta,  Feb.  19,  1899,  cert  fr  Galion,  wf  h.  W.  Z., 

res  B,  m. 
Zimmerman,  John  R.,  Dec.  7,  1S94,  cert,  s  John  Z.  res  B,  m. 
Zimmerman^  IvOuis  W.,  Feb.   19,  1899,  cert  fr  Galion,  s  John  Z., 

res  B,  m. 
Zimmerman,  Mellie,  Dec.  9,  1896,  cert,  dau  Mr.  Orr,  wf  John  R.  Z., 

res  B,  m. 
Zimmerman,  Louis,  Jan.  28,  1900,  ex,  s  L.  W.  Z.,  res  B,  m. 
Zoz,  Bernard,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Zoz,  Edgar,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  res  B,  m. 
Zoz,  Elizabeth  C,  see  Elizabeth  C.  Byers. 
Zoz,  Robert  W.,  Feb.  20,  1898,  ex,  s  Bernard  Z.,  res  B,  m. 


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PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 


INDEX 


it>un,eunii'kft 


Abraham,  \4>,  188 
Adams,   5,    139,    141,    142, 

150,  188.  237,  243 
Aikin,  233 

Akey,  38,  150,  169,  183 
Albright,  259 
Alexander,  7,  80,  106, 129, 

139,    146.    149,    151,    205, 

237,  246 
Allen,  107,  202 
Allison,  20.  I69 
Allmon,  102,  112 
Altman,  257 
Anderson.  9,  58,  102,  169, 

202,203,221,224,  229 
Andrews,  140 
Annat,  112,  166 
Ansley,  254 
Apple,  169 
Argo,  127,  146 
Arian,  214 
Armer,  14.106 
Armstrong,   106,  107,  150, 

181,  199,  257 
Arnett,  216 
Arrowsmith,  203 
Ash,  30,  254 
Askren,  31 
Babbitt,  19,  113 
Backus,  10 
Badger,  10,  11 
Ball,  136 
Ballard,  219,  22:^ 
Barnett,  268,  269 
Barn  hart,  145 
B^rr,  253 
Bartholomew,  6,  127,  133, 

146,    147 
Barton,  256 
Bartram,  106,  1 12,  255 
Bassett,  206 
Battershall,  236 
Beabout,  181 
Beal,  169 
Beale,  147 
Beall,  1;^ 
Beatv,  136 
Beddow,  155 
Beebe,  140 
Beecher,  85 
Beelman,  102,  107,  108 
Bell,  150 

Bellville,  17,  138,  155 
Bentley,  41 


Bennett,  3,  4,  20,  56,  60, 94, 

109,  110.  139,  163 
Bergen,  2,  20,  24,  41,  42, 

72,  73,  122,  154,  159,  169, 

170 
Bergert,  147 
Berrvnian,  55 
Bigham,  45,  1 10,  216 
Bird,  102 
Black,  28 
Blessing,   102,  103 
Blythe,  128,  141,  143 
Bodell,  21,  113,  114 
Boggs,  133,  145 
Bon  ham,  236 
Bowmp.n,  38 
Boyd,  3,  5,  54,  107 
Braden,  216,  246 
Bradfute.  94,  103 
Brand,  170,  272 
Brandon,  106,  112,  170 
Brockertnan,  269 
Brooks,  20,  89,  141 
Brown,  6.  27,  30,  101,    102, 

107,    110,    120.    130,    150, 

193,  247,  255,  257 
Brunner,  195 
Bryant,  56,  112,  182,  185 
Buchanan,  3,    68,   69,   94, 

102,  106,  152,  160,  163 
Buckingham,  268 
Buick,  231 
Bunker,  170,  251 
Burgess,  10 
Burnside,  130,  259 
Burt,  113 
Burton,  31 
Bushey,  6 
Byers,   5,  27,  29,  73,  74,  76, 

102,   104,    106,    107,    108, 

109,    116,    117,    154,    161, 

163,  169,  210,  237,  259,  261 
Caldwell,  143,  236 
Calender,  55,  213 
Calland,  137,  145 
Callinder,  192 
Campbell,  3,  5,   6,   7,   30, 

55,  63,  64,  78,  87,  94,  102, 

107,    109,    112,    137,    145, 

162,    163,    168,    170,   177, 

214,  2.54,  257,  258 
Canby,29 
Cannon,  200 
Carpenter,  68 


Carr,  100,  147,264 
Carrick,  221 
Carson,  149,  255,  269 
Carter,  220,  221 
Cartmell,  250 
Chalfant,  7,  94,    106,    108. 

112,  170 
Chambers,  109 
Chapman,  140,  142,  150 
Childs,  196 
Clancy,  70,  232 
Clark,  7,  10,    30,  127,    133, 

138,  146,   236,  253 
Clary,  137 
Claybaugh.  43 
Clements,  203 
Clyde,  146 
Cobain,  109,  221,  223 
Coe,  10 

Coen,  27,  29,  236,  264 
Coffenberger,  184 
Coflet,  141 
Coldren,  IJO,  185 
Cole,  183 
Colley,  184 
Collins,  78,   94,    102,   134, 

135,    143,    146,   221,   223, 

234,  235 
Colmery,  143 
Colville,    119,236 
Combs,  73,  74,261 
Comely,  4,  30 
Connard,  2.53 
Cook,   4,  27,   30,   45,    139, 

141,    142,    154,    181,   237, 

255 
Cooke,  149 
Cooper,  137 
Corbett,  73 
Corrv,  106 
Cote  rill,  181 
Coulter,  29,  102,  103,    107, 

170 
Cover,  245 
Cowan,  138 
Co  wen,  236 
Cowgill,  220 
Cox,  40 
Craig,  145 
Cresswell,  169 
Crockett,  206 
Crothers,  35 
Currie,  49.  197 
Curry,  236 


INDEX. 


275 


Cushman,  170 

Dailey,  221 

Darrah,  143 

Davies,  2,   23,    48,    49,    94 

122 
Da\ns,  31,  54,  94,  110,    112, 

142 
Dawson.  109 
Deer,  146 
Defrees,  102,  10(5.  107,110, 

112,  213 
Denison,  151 
Denny,  255 
Dewitt,  38,  58,  211,  226 
Dickey   10,  a5,  139 
Dickinson,     6,    106,    112, 

146,   170,  237 
Dickson,  137 
Doane,  144,  145 
Dobbins,  10,  131 
Dodds,  102,  103 
Doolittle,  103 
Dorwin,    64,    98.   99,    137, 

169,  170 

Douglas,  91,  138,  147,  183, 

242,  252 
Dow,  10,  66,  102 
Downs.  247 

Drake,  128,  141,  142,  252 
Duff,  22] 
Dunaway.  143 
Dunlap,  124,  146 
Durkee,     4,     94,  99,    141, 

163,  169 
Duval,  226 
Dysert,  227 
Earlv.  151 
Earsbme.  102,  201 
Ebling,  247 
Echelberg,  233 
Edgar.  155,  261 
Edwards,  141 
Edmundson,  131,  133,  134, 

136,   221 
Elcock,  127,  146,  152 
Elder,  266 
Elliott,  103.   106,   140,  230, 

236 
Emerson,  6,  106,  112,  143, 

150,  170,  260 
Emery,  5,  94,  107, 110.  112, 

170,  210 
Ellis,  137 
Erter,  137 
Erwin,  189 
Ewing,  236 
Fancher,  249 

Paris,  3,  5,   7,   31.   55,   74, 
#5,  76,  94,   104,   110.  116. 

154,    161,    169,    170,    237, 

244 
Fehl,  75,  107,  161,  190 
Ferguson,  150,  251 
Ferree.  2^37 
Fichthorn,  5.  6,  170 
Findley,  20,  43 
Fishbaugh,  253 
Fisher,  59,  206 


Fitzpatrick,  241 

Flack.  150 

Fleming,  253 

Fowl,  170, 

Fowler,  237 

Frazer,  106 

Freer,  102 

Frey,  76,  77,110,  112 

From  me,  94 

Fuller,  3,  41,  59,  60,    152, 

154.  170 
F'ullerton.  35 
Fullington.  270 
Fulton,  77,  78.  94,  96,   152. 

16;^  234 
Galawaj',  232 
Galbreath,  5,  94.  137,  141. 

145,  163,  230 
Gardner,  29.  31 
Garland,  140 
Garvev,65.  268 
Garvin,  189 
Garwood,  237 
Gass,  271 

Gebby,  138,  146,  181 
George,  92 
Ghormley,  78,    107.    108, 

133.  134,  ia5,  141,  143 
Gibson,  198,259 
Giffin  7,  27,  29 
Gilchrist.  255,  256 
Gill.  128,  141,  142 
Gillespie,86,  161 
Gillett,  9,  130 
Gilmore,  261 
Ginn,  122 
Givens,  208 
Glover,  140,  141,  150 
Goe,  5,  106 
GofF,  241 
Goodwin,  170 
Gordon,  9,  31 
Gore,  266 
Grabiel,    79,  80,   81,    134, 

143,  146,  149,  161 
Graham,  11,  100,  230 
Gray,  195,  255 
Greer.  137 
Gregg,  2,  19.  24.  37,38.  87, 

104,    109.    113,    117,    122, 

133,   154,    155,    157,    162, 

169,  170,  272 
Griffin.  6.  112,  132 
Griffith,  236,  237,  255,  261, 

264 
Grimes,  27,  30,  268 
Grubbs.  258 
Gunn,  15.  27,  29,  244 
Guv,  138 
Hail.  29 
Hamer,  147 
Hamilton,  6,  112.  152,  166, 

170,  213,  221 
Hanger,  268 
Hannon,  198 
Harbert,  146 
Harner,  6,  112.  182 
Harris,  11,  145,  215 


Harrison,  246 

Harrauff,  248 

Hartwell,  107  • 

Hatcher,  261 

Hawley,  5 

Hawthorne,   102 

Hayes.  74 

Hays.  145 

Hearst,  228 

Heller,  149 

Hemphill,  6,  29,  138,    139. 

146,  147,  149,259 
Hempstead,  141.  143 
Henderson,  3,  58,  109,  168 
Henry.  3.  63,  2:%,  255 
Herin,  250 
Hildebrand,  140 

Hill.  142,  151,255 

Hillman,  142 

Hoffman,  241 

Hofner.  170 

Hoge,  11,  16,  43,  52,  §4, 
122,  208,  236 

Hollyday,  2.  17,  24.  35, 
36.  37,  52.  140,  141,  153, 
154,  159,  175,  177,  250 

Hollingsworth,  259 

Hoff,  257 

Honnell,  128, 129,  133,  145, 

147,  148,  149 
Hoon,  146 

Hoover.  89.  94,    131,    133, 

134.  135,  148 
Hopkins,  146,  182 
Horst.  147 
Hosack,  243 
Houtz,  71 
Houston.  12,  257 
Hover.  52,  54,  57,  88,    161, 

214,   234,   257,  261,    262, 

263 
How,  150 
Howard,  6,  149 
Howell,  138 
Howenstine.  5,    102,    106, 

107,    112,    152,    ia5,    170, 

186 
Hubbard,  53.  246 
Huber.  62,  145,  169,  261 
HuflFman,  100,  183 
Hughes,  9.  11.  33,   187 
Hukill,  138,  146 
Huling,  145 
Hull,  205 
Humacker,  150 
Humphrevs,  137 
Hunter,  134,  135 
Huntington,  77,  96,  206 
Hurst,  187 
Huston,  4,   145,    184,   192, 

237 
Hutchins,  106 
Ingham,  140,  141 
Irving,  54,  250 
Irwin,  31.52,  78,  107,  108, 

112,    133,   134,    137,    150, 

234 
Ireland,  H9 


276 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 


Jackson,  169,  189,  261 

Jameson,  146,  150 

Jamison,  69,  142,  194 

Jenks.   11 

JoHantgen,  237 

Johnson,  27,  68,    132,   270 

Johnston,  54,  112,  214,  227 

Jones,  6,  236 

Jordan,  94,  102,  107,  170 

Kalb,  2,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25, 
38.  41,  43,  44,  45,  46,  47, 
64,78,80,84,94,102,  106, 
107,  108,  110,  112,  122, 
143,  144.  146,  148,  151, 
152,  154,  162,  170,  171, 
172,  174,  175,252,261 

Kauffman.  252 

Kautzman,  102 

Keller,  3,  70,71,  94,  102 

Kellv,  241 

Kelsey,  76,  205 

Kemper,  8 

Kennedy,  3,  4,  6,  10,  20, 
58,  59,  94,  102,  103,  107, 
109,    110,  162,  170,  250 

Kephart,  63,  192 

Kerr,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  31,  52, 
53,  65,  88,  94,  102,  104, 
106,  107,  109,  110,  112, 
116,  133,  154,  163,  168, 
169,  170,  194,  263,  272 

Kernau,  120,  170,    246 

Kenton,  142 

Kidder,  260 

Kincaid,  181 

Kingsbury,  86,  206 

Kinsinger,  241 

Kirkwood,  29,  130,  140, 
141,  195 

Kline,  246 

Kloepfer,  145 

Knight,  102,  112,  187 

Knox,  110,  169,  170 

Koons,  90,  91.  261,  262 

Krouscup,  28 

Kumler,  129,  145 

L,ackey,  253 

I^ake,  169 

Ivamb,  30,  78,  93,  104,  110, 
112,  116 

I^ambard,  139 

lyambert,  146 

L,aporte,  204 

L,atton,  60 

lyaughlin,  146 

I^awrence,  170,  249 

I,awson,  259 

lyCase,  253 

I^eister,  30,  237 

Icemen,  94,  102,  107,  227 

lyeonard,  94 

I^ideigh,  149 

I^indemuth    182,  185 

Undley,  112 

Ivockhart,  122 

Loftus,  268 

lyoofborrow,  107,  170 

Ivord,  27,  30,  43 


Mouther,  268 

I,owe,  198 

lyower,  146 

lyowrey,  146,  148 

I^usk,  68,  188 

I^yle,  142,  237 

lyynn,  146 

lyyon,  53 

Mack,  147 

Mackey,  38,  169,  244 

MacCauley,  153 

Macolmson,  31 

Madison,  118 

Mahan,  133 

Mains,  139,  146 

Makemson,  147 

March.  143 

Marlette,  181 

Marmon,  95 

Marquis,  3,  4,  9,  11,16,27, 
29,  30.  31,  33,  50,  51,  52, 
57,  82.  102,  109,  112,  116, 
118,  119,  120,  121,  132, 
138,  139,  141,  142,  1.52, 
1-53,  154,  1.55,  168,  181, 
203,  204,  245,  246,  249, 
252,  2.55,  256,  261,  263, 
264 

Marsh,  99 

Marshall,  142,  208 

Marshman,  146 

Martin,  29,  67,  91,  146, 
147,  170,  225 

Mason,  206 

Maison,  220 

Matthews,  137 

May,  4,  2.59 

Mays,  138,  139,  145 

Mead,  2.50 

Means,  137 

Meeks,  17,  127,  138,  155 

Merrill,  11,  35 

Millett,  2.54 

Milner,  141,  190 

Miller,  4,  5,  6,  31,  95,  99, 
106,  109,  110,  140,  141, 
142,  163,  196,  213.  235, 
241,  248,  252,  266 

Mitchell,  12,  78,  105,  107, 
141,  145,206,  261 

Monroe,  136 

Montgomery,  134 

Moody,  143" 

Moore,  3,  4,  6,  27,  28,  30, 
31,  51,  61,  62,  109,  116, 
121,  130,  136,  137,  141, 
145,  1.54,  168,  250,  252, 
2.55,  2.56,  2.57,  261 

Morris,  49,  140 

Morrison,  5,  27,  30,  .55.  74, 
190,  203,  204,  221,  222, 
229,  236,  243,  270 

Morrow,  205,  221 
Mo.sgrove,  211 
M  OSS,  200 
Mullen,  209 
Murphy,  145 
Murray,  73 


Musselman,  137,  266 

Myers,  80,  218 

McAdin,  141,  142 

McAra,  245 

McAtee,  150 

McAulev,  264 

McBeth;  141,  208,  209,  246, 
258 

McCanimon,  271 

McCaulev,  236 

McClay,  "130,  140 

McClellan,  52,  53 

McClure,  29,  139,  169,  216 

McCoid,  27,  30,  138 

McColloch,  3,  6,28,31,61, 
63,95,  102,  107,  110,  112, 
143,  148,  163,  205,  211, 
237,  2.55 

McComb,  31,  261 

McCormick,  6,  78,  104, 
106,  107,  134,  162,  239, 
244,  246 

McCoy,  9,  31,  104,  118, 
130,  132,  138,  141,  142, 
198,  202,  237,  245,  248, 
251,  270 

McCowan,  261 

McCracken,  3,  5,  7,  27,  30, 
52,  .53,81,82,9.5,102,103, 
105,  106,  107,  109,  110, 
112,  128,  135,  141,  143, 
1.54,  163,  213,  221,  222, 
223,  227,  236,  250 

McCrarv,  215 

McCune",  237 

McCurdy,  9,  10,  11 

McElhenney,  246 

McElree,  5 

McElroy,  145 

McFerran,  136 

McFadden,  215 

McGowan,  266 

McGruder,  2.54 

Mcllvain,  3,  62,  63,  95, 
no,  163 

McKee,  6,  30,  95,  97,  202, 
203,  209,  221 

McKinney,  72 

McKinnon,  196 

Mcl^ain,  146,  194 

Mcl^aughliu,  3  4,  5,  7,  66, 
67,  95,  102,  106,  112,  146, 
1.57,  163,  166,  169,  170, 
207,  209,  221,  223,  247, 
255 

McMichael,  265 
McMeen,  134 
McMillen,  3,  9,  69,  80,  9.5, 

102,  119,  2.54 
McNutty,  138 
McNay,  246 
McNiel,  1.50 
McPherson.  28 
Nachtrieb,  196 
Neal,  236 
Nelson,  5,  27,  30,  102,  112, 

138,    141,    142,    154,    169, 

221,  231,  2.55 


INDEX. 


277 


Neer,  170 

Newell,  5,  29,  82,  121,  130, 
131,   132,    136,    205,   213, 

236,  237,  238 
Nichols,  106,  110.  112,  170, 

184 
Niven,  5,  6,  7,  95,  103,  106, 

107,    108,   112,   163,   170, 

192,  221,  244 
Noble,  170 
Oatman,  161,  189 
Ogden,  163,  170,  258 
Olds,  208,  272 
Odor,   6,  7,   102,  142,  221, 

237,  241,  246 
Orr,  273 
Osbom,  261 
Palmer,  187 
Parish,  28,  137,  147 
Park,  238 

Parks,  51,  118,  119,  139, 
203,  229,  235,  236,  237, 
238 

Parker,  66,  110,  170,  231, 
271 

Patterson,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  12, 
16,  27,  28,  30,  a5,  37,  51, 
52,53,59,61,95,  106,  109, 
110,  112,  120,  121,  126, 
131,  132,  136,  153,  154, 
159,  162,  163,  169,  170, 
230,  251,  260 

Patton,  87,  146 

Peebles,  193 

Peoples,  134 

Perkins,  141 

Perrine,  236 

Pettit,  107 

Philbrick,  146 

Pickrell,  130 

Plum,  112 

Pogue,  9,  12,  127,  130,  138, 
139,  141 

Polk,  17,  138,  155 

Pollock,  54,  82,  83,  84, 104, 
109,  110,  170,  195 

Porter,  4,  27,  30,  168,  170, 
252 

Post,  105 

Prater,  248 

Pratt,  183 

Price,  107,  169,  228 

Pringle,  187 

Raffensperger,  2,  19,  20, 
24,  38,  39,  40,  41,  89,  122, 
142,  154,  158,  162 

Rambo,  192 

Rathmell,  147 

Reader,  27,  30 

Reams,  237,  238 

Reed,  27,  31,  208,  230,  236 

Reid,  234,  255 

Rexer,  234 

Reynolds,140, 145, 169,  200 

Rhodes,  267 

Rice,  8,  43 

Richards,  225 

Ridge  way,  95,  102,  170 


Riddle,  5,  6,  7,  81,^95,  102, 
103,  106,  107,  108,  110, 
152,  163,  170,  174 

Rife,  102,  103,  107 

Rish,  147 

Ritchie,  146 

Robb,  2,  16,  27,  29,  30,  50, 
63  82,  95,  121,  138,  139, 
141,  142,  153,  154,  162, 
181  193,  195,  204,  235, 
236,  237,  246 

Robbins,  38 

Roberts,  15,  74,  236,  237 

Robinson,  9,  10,  12,  16, 
114,  122,  130,131 

Rockwell,  267 

Rockwood,  62 

Rogers,  141 

Ross,  139,  145 

Rovster,  54 

Runkle,  140 

Rutan,  142 

Rutter,  241 

Sacket,  127,128,  141,  155 

Sample,  10 

Sandford,  214 

Sands,  187 

Schaeffer,  98 

Schell,  209 

Schocklev,  127 

Schooler,  31 

Scott,  27,  29,  30,  131,  134, 
136,  139,  146.  245,  258 

Secrest,  130,  140 

Secrist,  27,  29,  140 

Seeger,  53 

Seger,  234 

Sessler,  227 

Shannon,  226 

Sharpe,  251 

Shaw,  84,  95,  96,  97,  107, 
110,  112,  161,  163,  170 

Shepard,  183 

Shepherd,  228 

Sherman,  199 

Sherrat,  146 

Shields,  29 

Shockley,  133,  146 

Shuffleton,  188 

Sigler,  38 

Silver,  58,  91,  169,  261 

Simpson,  139,  146 

Skinner.  248 

Slicer,  109 

Smiley,  240 

Smith,  5,  9,  11,  27,  30,  31, 
106,  110,  119,  121,  128, 
130,  137,  141,  142,  143, 
144,  150,  163,  169,  215, 
221,  237,  248,  255,  261 

Smithers,  266 

Snodgrass   12 

Snyder,  195 

Spence,  1.55,  232 

Stiarwalt,  245 

Stamats,  112,  221 

Stanton,  20,  109,  169,  171, 
182,  197 


Starrett,  237 

Steedman,  40 

Steel,  8,  13 

Steen,  110 

Stevenson,  2,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8, 
9,  10,  12,  16,  17,  18,  22, 
24.  27,  29,  32,  33,  34,  35, 
.57,58,  61,  65,  66,  67,  a5, 
86,  87,  88,  89,  90,  91,  95, 
96, 100,  102,  104,  106,  109, 
113,  115,  118,  119,  120, 
121,  122,  123,  131,  132, 
133,  136,  137,  139,  140, 
142,  143,  146,  1.52,  1.53, 
154,  1.55,  156,  1.59,  160, 
161,  162,  163,  1&5,  168, 
169,  170,  176,  177,  190, 
193,  216,  221,  236,  237, 
242,  255.  272 

Stewart,  82,  130,  140,  147, 
148,  195,  203,  235,  237 

Stilwell,  10 

Stinchcomb,  64,  209 

St.  John,  5,  96,  98,  110, 
163,  170 

Stoueh,  213,  227 

Stover,  110,  131,  170,  248, 
258 

Strayer,  137 

Strother,  30,  246 

Struthers,  146 

Sutherland,  229 

Sutton,  207,  233 

Swan,  169 

Tarbutton,  107 

Taylor,  30,  51,  71,  91,  96, 
107,  109,  112.  136,  137, 
141,  146,  170,  205,  208, 
218,  236,  238,  244,  2.56 

Tecumseh,  153 

Tedford,  133,  134 

Telford   144,  145 

Tharp,  211 

Thomas,  71,  255 

Thompson,  100,  107,  133, 
139,  242,  258,  262,  269 

Thornhill,  170 

Thornton,  85 

Thrift,  246 

Timberlake,  211 

Timmons,  258 

Tod,  137 

Toland,  98,  265 

Torrence,  147 

Traul,  102 

Travers,  136 

Trowbridge,  247 

Tucker,  101 

Turner,  28,  96,  106,  137, 
147 

Tuttle,  170 

Vance,  51,  136,  236,  238, 
246 

Vandeman,  16,  122 

VanHoover,  139 

VanHorn,  141 

VanOstrand,  236,  237 

Vernon,  2.58 


278 


PRESBYTERIAN   CHURCH    HISTORY. 


^Vaite.  84,  97,  258 
Walker,  5,  58,   109,   110. 

144,    145,   170,    193,    197, 

227,  249,  267 
Wallace,  3,  5,  12,  64,  65, 

96.  102,  103,106,110,112, 

146,  170,211,254 
Walter,  148,  151,  207 
Wambaugh,  145 
Warner,  99 
Washburn,  16,  122 
Watkins,  188,  255,  256 
Watt,  131 
Waugh.52,  233 
Weaver,  3,  6,  69,  102,  107, 

256 
Webb,  237 
Webster,  193 
Weeks,  133,  146 
Wellman,  27,  30,  138,  236 
Wells,  21,233 


Welsh,  13 

West,  3,  6,  20,  67,  68,  94, 

96.  100,  102,110,152,162, 

163.  171 
Westlake.  79,  208 
Wheeler,  231 
White,  130,  140,  221,  229, 

246 
Whiteas,  27,  28 
Whitehill,  236 
Whiting,  40 
Whitmore.  237 
Whiteside.  51 
Whitworth.  170,  220 
Wiegman,  145 
Wile,  189 
Wiley,   10.  62,  223 
Wilkinson,  170 
Williams,  107.  185,  246      • 
Williamson,  93 
Willis,  213 
Winner,  150 


Wilson.  6,  7,  30,  38.  104, 
109,  110,  112,  136,  137, 
138,148.236,247 

Wishard,  63,  234 

Wishert,  230 

Wood,  27,  29,96,  102,  141, 
223 

Woods.  9,  11,  13 

Worden.  234 

Workman,  31,  246 

Wren,  54 

Wright,  106.  110,  170,  243 

Wylie,  92,  221 

Yates.  55,  146, 194,204,221 

Yeager,  134 

Yeagley,  236 

Young.  133,  146,  182 

Youngman,  137 

Zahler,  147 

Zeigler,  214 

Zimmerman,  138,  139,  146 


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I,ine  20  Gillet  should  read 
Gillett. 

Add  Mr.  Stevenson  was  a  trustee 
of  Washington  College  from 
1810  to  1825. 

lyine  4,  Gillet  should  read  Gillett. 

I,ine  24,  add  see  Rebecca  Camp- 
bell. 

Arrow  Smith  should  read 
Arrowsmith, 

lyine  4  (Note),  1808  should  read 
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lyine  32  (Note),  Carnick  should 

read  Carrick. 
Add  for  McCoid,  McColloch,  and 

McCracken  see  pages  233,  2.34, 

235 
Ivine  1  (Note),  William  Margaret 

should  read  William  Marquis. 
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